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Captains Courageous ()

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A spoiled brat who falls overboard from a steamship in the 1920s gets picked up by a New England fishing boat, where he's made to earn his keep by joining the crew in their work.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations.
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Harvey Cheyne
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Manuel
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Captain Disko
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Mr. Cheyne
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Uncle Salters
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Dan
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'Long Jack'
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Cushman
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Priest (as Jack LaRue)
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Dr. Finley
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Tyler
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'Doc' (as Sam McDaniels)
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Charles (as Billy Burrud)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Norman Ainsley ...
Robbins (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
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Bit Role (uncredited)
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Fisherman (uncredited)
William Arnold ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Art Berry Sr. ...
Capt. Anderson (uncredited)
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Skipper of Blue Gill (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Boy on Ship (uncredited)
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Burns (uncredited)
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Burns (uncredited)
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Martin (uncredited)
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Corridor Steward (uncredited)
Dora Early ...
Appleton's Wife (uncredited)
Bill Fisher ...
Crewman (uncredited)
Larry Fisher ...
Crewman (uncredited)
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Soda Steward (uncredited)
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Nate Rogers (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Bit Role (uncredited)
Henry Hanna ...
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Richard Howard ...
Crewman (uncredited)
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Skipper of Ship (uncredited)
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Secretary Cobb (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy ...
Captain of Flying Swan (uncredited)
Katherine Kenworthy ...
Mrs. Disko (uncredited)
David Kerman ...
Reporter (uncredited)
James Kilgannon ...
Crewman (uncredited)
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Minister (uncredited)
Stubby Kruger ...
Crewman (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
Myra Marsh ...
Chester's Wife (uncredited)
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Crewman (uncredited)
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Bit Role (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
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Fisherman (uncredited)
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Crewman (uncredited)
Richard Powell ...
First Steward (uncredited)
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Boy in Print Shop (uncredited)
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Old Clement (uncredited)
Goldie Sloan ...
Black Woman (uncredited)
William Stack ...
Elliott (uncredited)
Jack Sterling ...
Crewman (uncredited)
Reggie Streeter ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Nate's Wife (uncredited)
David Thursby ...
Tom (uncredited)
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Dr. Dick Walsh (uncredited)
Lee Van Atta ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Sailor on Flying Swan (uncredited)
Jay Ward ...
Pogey Williams (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Dave Wengren ...
Lars (uncredited)
Kenneth Wilson ...
Alvin Savage (uncredited)

Directed by

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Victor Fleming

Written by

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Rudyard Kipling ... (novel)
 
John Lee Mahin ... (screen play) &
Marc Connelly ... (screen play) and
Dale Van Every ... (screen play)
 
Tom Kilpatrick ... () (uncredited)

Produced by

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Louis D. Lighton ... producer

Music by

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Franz Waxman ... (musical score)

Cinematography by

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Harold Rosson ... (photographed by)

Film Editing by

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Elmo Veron ... film editor

Art Direction by

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Cedric Gibbons

Makeup Department

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Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist (uncredited)

Art Department

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A. Arnold Gillespie ... associate art director (as Arnold Gillespie)
Edwin B. Willis ... associate art director

Sound Department

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Douglas Shearer ... recording director

Camera and Electrical Department

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Harold J. Marzorati ... camera operator (uncredited)
Bob Roberts ... camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)
Joseff-Hollywood ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Gus Kahn ... songs: lyrics by
Franz Waxman ... songs: music by
Paul Marquardt ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Clifford Vaughan ... composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Franz Waxman ... conductor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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James Curtis Havens ... marine director (as James Havens)
Frank Barnes ... business manager (uncredited)
Herzl Effensachs ... marine coordinator (uncredited)
Harry Marble ... marine director (uncredited)
Ewing Scott ... business manager (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

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

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Taglines From Rudyard Kipling's best-loved story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has fashioned picture. Two years to make! Fortunes to produce! It will live in your memory forever... See more »
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Also Known As
  • Rudyard Kipling's Captains Courageous (United States)
  • Capitaines courageux (France)
  • Fischerjungs (Germany)
  • Manuel (Germany)
  • Capitanes intrépidos (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 117 min
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Box Office

Budget $1,645,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia When production finally wrapped in late February 1937, Spencer Tracy was relieved. "Well, I got away with it," he said later. "Want to know why? Because of Freddie, because of that kid's performance, because he sold it 98 per cent. The kid had to believe in Manuel, or Manuel wasn't worth a quarter. The way he would look at me, believe every word I said, made me believe in it myself. I've never said this before, and I'll never say it again. Freddie Bartholomew's acting is so fine and so simple and so true that it's way over people's heads. It'll only be by thinking back two or three years from now that they'll realize how great it was." 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 »
Movie Connections Edited into Spisok korabley (2008). See more »
Soundtracks Ooh What a Terrible Man See more »
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 »
Quotes Harvey: I bet I know a lot of things you don't know. I know that's not French you're singing.
Manuel Fidello: That's right. About ten million people know it Portuguese.
Harvey: I bet you can't speak French.
Manuel Fidello: Right now, I sorry I speak *English*.
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