After noticing a sparking disconnected cable above him, Max asked a co-worker named Gilbert to shut down power on Sector 32 while he made repairs, but was denied.I'll be loyal.When the ship finally drifts into an English harbor at Whitby, it is a ghost ship filled with corpses.It became one of the defining films of the classic era in the comedy-detective subgenre.Director W.S.Van Dyke had just previously directedManhattan Melodrama (1934), in which stars Powell and Loy had displayed their unique and charming chemistry in the first of their 14 film pairings.A diplomatic cover-up conceals the real facts: "A SPECIAL EMBASSY BULLETIN REPORTS THE SUDDEN ILLNESS OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ANN.She briefly brought up her own institutionalized niece (by marriage) - Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) - who was being treated at a private women's sanatorium known as St.