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Captains Courageous
Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Victor Fleming
Casts & Crew
Freddie Bartholomew
Spencer Tracy
Lionel Barrymore
Melvyn Douglas
Charley Grapewin
Mickey Rooney
John Carradine
Oscar O'Shea
Jack La Rue
Walter Kingsford
Donald Briggs
Sam McDaniel
Bill Burrud
Norman Ainsley
C.E. Anderson
Edward Peil Sr.
Wally Albright
Lee Van Atta
Tommy Bupp
Gene Reynolds
Betty Alden
Sherry Hall
Mira McKinney
Dennis O'Keefe
William Arnold
Don Brodie
Bobby Watson
Art Berry Sr.
Jack Kennedy
Wade Boteler
Lloyd Ingraham
Leo G. Carroll
Charles Coleman
Jimmy Conlin
Lester Dorr
Billy Gilbert
Richard Powell
Larry Fisher
James Kilgannon
Stubby Kruger
Philo McCullough
Gil Perkins
Jack Sterling
Roger Gray
Henry Hanna
Gladden James
Murray Kinnell
Myra Marsh
Christian Rub
William Stack
Frank Sully
Gertrude Sutton
David Thursby
Charles Trowbridge
Monte Vandergrift
Jay Ward
Dave Wengren
Kenneth Wilson
Also Directed by Victor Fleming
A Whirlpool of Hysterical Hilarity
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
Daniel Boone Brown is a pleasure-seeking playboy carousing around New York City without a care in the world -- that is, until he becomes the unwitting subject of a series of experiments at the hands of a sadistic psychiatrist. Through various means of control, the mad scientist drives Daniel to think he's losing his mind, but ultimately introduces him to the lovely Lucette.
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
Young Bruce McDow tries to live with the specter of his late Father's perceived folly as a Sailor. That led to the loss of a ship and its crew many years earlier. Struggling with his personal demons in a town that doesn't seem to want to forgive or forget.
Ruth Rutherford, crippled as a result of being thrown from a horse, breaks her engagement to Lord Wallington. Dejected, he returns to his regiment in Egypt and sinks into dissipation. Ruth hears of his plight and also goes to Egypt, where she meets Dr. Mohammed Ali. Ali cures her lameness in return for Ruth's agreeing to become his wife, but Biskra, Ruth's servant, kills Ali before he can collect. Even from death Ali's power over Ruth returns her to her wheelchair until she jumps up to save Wallington from an attack feigned by Biskra.
After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.
David Sheldon owns a plantation in the Solomon Islands. Many of his field hands die of blackwater fever, and then he becomes sick himself. Joan Lackland, a female soldier of fortune, arrives by schooner in the islands. With the help of her Kanaka crew, she protects David from an attack by the natives who are led by Googomy. Joan nurses David back to health and becomes his business partner, protecting his mortgaged property from two avaricious moneylenders. Seeking vengeance, the moneylenders incite the natives to revolt.
Pete Sandidge, a daredevil bomber pilot, dies when he crashes his plane into a German aircraft carrier, leaving his devoted girlfriend, Dorinda, who is also a pilot, heartbroken. In heaven, Pete receives a new assignment: He is to become the guardian angel for Ted Randall, a young Army flyer. Invisibly, Pete guides Ted through flight school and into combat, but the ghostly mentor’s tolerance is tested when Ted falls for Dorinda. Ultimately however, Pete not only comes to terms with their relationship, but also acts as Dorinda’s copilot when she undertakes a dangerous bombing raid so that Ted won’t have to.
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.