Captains Courageous (1937)

Directed by

Victor Fleming

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

G

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 190 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A spoiled rich boy falls from a luxury ocean liner and is rescued by a crew of fishermen. He learns responsibility and friendship while working on their boat.

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What happens

Captains Courageous is a 1937 American adventure drama film starring Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore and Melvyn Douglas. Based on the 1897 novel of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, the film had its world premiere at the Carthay Circle Theatre in Los Angeles. Directed by Victor Fleming, it was produced by Louis D. Lighton and made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Filmed in black and white, Captains Courageous was advertised by MGM as a coming-of-age classic with exciting action sequences. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards, with Spencer Tracy winning the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of the simple but caring fisherman Manuel. Backgrounds and exteriors for the film, which updated the story's setting to the mid-1920s, were shot on location in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Shelburne, Nova Scotia in Canada, and Gloucester, Massachusetts in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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