Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

I finally saw this movie "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" on TMC the other day.  I'd seen this movie when I was little (above 5) and couldn't understand the movie nor could I remember what it was all about.  I could only remember that the very beautiful Ava Gardner swimming towards the ship to meet James Mason and then something happened and the ship sank.  I kept waiting for all these years to see this movie again to find out what had happened and why the ship sank.  I must say this was a very powerful movie, played by some very fine actors and actresses.  Hollywood just could not make movies of this kind again!

From Wikipedia: "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951) is a British drama film made by Romulus Films and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the United States. The film was directed by Albert Lewin and produced by Lewin and Joe Kaufmann from his own screenplay, based on the legend of The Flying Dutchman.

The film starred Ava Gardner and James Mason, featuring Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender, Mario Cabré and Marius Goring. The cinematographer was Jack Cardiff. Most of the movie was shot on location in Tossa de Mar, Catalonia, Spain, where a statue of Gardner has been erected on the hill overlooking the town's main beach.

MGM delayed its release until Gardner's star-making role in 1951's Show Boat. The tactic worked, and this film solidified her status as a rising star."