Gary Cooper isn’t usually an actor I find particularly exciting, but he performs admirably within this story about deception at sea. The film opens with a trial where his character, "Nuggin," is accused of killing people who survived a shipwreck from the 1800s. As testimony unfolds, we are shown how this respectable sailor became entangled, alongside his friend “Powdah” (George Raft), in the schemes of “Tarryton” (He…