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Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
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(Complete credited cast) | Walter Brennan | ... | Cappy Ricks |
 | Mary Brian | ... | Frances 'Frankie' Ricks |
| Lyle Talbot | ... | Bill Peck |
| Frank Shields | ... | Waldo P. Bottomly Jr. |
| Frank Melton | ... | Matt Peasely |
| Georgia Caine | ... | Mrs. Amanda Peasely |
| Phyllis Barry | ... | Ellen Ricks Peasely |
| William B. Davidson | ... | Waldo P. Bottomly Sr. |
| Frank Shannon | ... | Captain Braddock |
| Howard Brooks | ... | Revere the Butler |
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While not having heard of Cappy Ricks before this, I'm guessing after looking on ebay that he was a fairly well-known book character in the early 20th. Brennan goes full steam as the curmudgeonly "old salt shaker" who stubbornly resists the encroachment of technology and is horrified on returning home and finding his daughter's future mother-in-law running his house and business and poised to merge his company with rival Bottomley, a purveyor of all things automated! Cappy launches a counter plot to set things straight, giving the story the bulk of its humorous situations. The highlight is the segment aboard the ELECTRA, Bottomley's almost completely automated yacht, particularly the scene with the push-button spice dispensers. The silly plot is served well by nice performances by Brennan, Georgia Caine, Frank Shields, and perky, attractive Mary Brian as Frankie. And the film itself foreshadows The Jetsons and Gilligan's Island 25 years before those shows made us roar with laughter (?)
5 1/2 Stars, check it out.