Torture Ship is a 1939 American science fiction horror film directed by Victor Halperin, based on Jack London's 1899 short story "A Thousand Deaths".

The film is based on the short story "A Thousand Deaths" by Jack London originally published in Black Cat Magazine in May 1899.

[3] Filming was then set to begin by the last week of August but no cast was yet assembled.

[3] The cast was announced in September with John Miller originally set to play Jesse, though Skelton Knaggs appears in the final film.

while declaring the film "has enough punch and drama to satisfy the nabe trade.