The Wreck of the Mary Deare is a 1959 British-American adventure drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Hammond Innes, which tells the story of a salvage expert who investigates a mysterious shipwreck. The title of the film comes from the phrase 'The Wreck of the Mary Deare', which is a reference to the shipwrecked vessel in the novel.