Captain China (1950)

The title character played by John Payne is a ships captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen Theres no love lost between the two men and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger