The Ship That Died is a 1938 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur for MGM.
Written by George Sayer and featuring John Nesbitt, Leonard Penn, and Rhea Mitchell, it presents dramatisations of a range of theories (mutiny, fear of explosion due to alcohol fumes, and the supernatural) of the ship Mary Celeste.
November 7th, 1872, the sailing yacht emblasoned with the name Mary Celeste is spotted at latitude 370 North, longitude 18 west.
A search of the vessel reveals that the Longboat is secured on the deck, a barrel of alcohol is open with some missing, the Captain's Log book has the last pages torn out (but his watch still keeps time), and there is a large knife stained with rust or blood found stored in the captain's quarters.
December of 1872, in the famed nautical Club at the Rock of Gibraltar, a group of people meet to hypothesize the reason why the Mary Celeste was abandoned.