A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship gets picked up by a fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Freddie Bartholomew | ... | Harvey | |
| Spencer Tracy | ... | Manuel | |
| Lionel Barrymore | ... | Disko | |
| Melvyn Douglas | ... | Mr. Cheyne | |
| Charley Grapewin | ... | Uncle Salters | |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Dan | |
| John Carradine | ... | 'Long Jack' | |
| Oscar O'Shea | ... | Cushman | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Priest (as Jack LaRue) | |
| Walter Kingsford | ... | Dr. Finley | |
| Donald Briggs | ... | Tyler | |
| Sam McDaniel | ... | 'Doc' (as Sam McDaniels) | |
| Bill Burrud | ... | Charles (as Billy Burrud) | |
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Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but none of them believe him. Stranded on the boat he must adapt to the ways of the fishermen and learn more about the real world. Written by Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 June 1937 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Edit
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$1,645,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Burns: [to the maid as he adjusts her tray] There'll be none of that. No trays.
Dr. Finley: [hurriedly relaying highlighted news updates to Mr. Cheyne as he wolfs down breakfast] The Star Telegram has you quoted quite definitely: 'before departing by plane for New York, Mr. Cheyne stated that the new equipment is to be provided by the present bond issue.' The other papers have virtually the same.
Frank Burton Cheyne: What do the confidentials say?
Dr. Finley: Tuesday morning, Paris wires: the president will probably sign the batamant ...
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(uncredited)
Music by Thomas Hastings (1830)
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady (1776)
Sung by all at the Fishermen's Memorial
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The exterior of the building used for the Cheyne mansion at the beginning of the film is located on Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA. The structure, which initially housed the offices of the Thomas H. Ince Corp., became the headquarters of Selznick-International, and also served as its corporate logo. See more »Goofs
(at around 30 mins) Harvey hits Manuel twice on the left shin with an oar. Manuel then boasts to the crew that Harvey would do anything for him, "Even break my leg maybe too". (at around 51 mins) Manuel holds up his right (the wrong) leg and rubs it. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Burns: [to the maid as he adjusts her tray] There'll be none of that. No trays.
Dr. Finley: [hurriedly relaying highlighted news updates to Mr. Cheyne as he wolfs down breakfast] The Star Telegram has you quoted quite definitely: 'before departing by plane for New York, Mr. Cheyne stated that the new equipment is to be provided by the present bond issue.' The other papers have virtually the same.
Frank Burton Cheyne: What do the confidentials say?
Dr. Finley: Tuesday morning, Paris wires: the president will probably sign the batamant ...
[...]
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits are letters on planks, like the lettering on the side of ships, and between screen-fulls, a foaming wave of water splashes over it and then runs off. In the initial sets of credits, these appear to be actually letter-forms attached to the wood, as the water gets deflected by some of the letters; in later sets of credits, this effect is harder to see and the sets may be credits superimposed upon wood. See more »Soundtracks
Rock of Ages(uncredited)
Music by Thomas Hastings (1830)
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady (1776)
Sung by all at the Fishermen's Memorial
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A wonderful film I only discovered about ten years ago. A low key beginning, hardly anything to attract the viewer to sympathize with the predicament that befalls young Harvey. With a wonderful cast, fairly average story but told and beautifully understated brings a wonderful balance and heart-tugging restoration for young Harvey, plucked from the sea by Spencer Tracy, a Portuguese fisherman. Having to become a fisherman for two months, young Harvey finds out what he has not known in life. He begins the story as a spoilt young irritating brat but ends it restored to life and his father. A message for us all, begun and ending in eternity. Poignant, sad and enriching. Great cinema.