Captains Courageous

Name: Captains Courageous
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family
Released: 1937-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 7.4

About 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.

Victor Fleming's Captains Courageous is a 1937 adventure drama film. Its themes are accident, fisherman, fishing, and fishing boat.

Freddie Bartholomew stars as Harvey Cheyne, Spencer Tracy as Manuel Fidello, Lionel Barrymore as Captain Disko Troop, and Melvyn Douglas as Frank Burton Cheyne. At 115 minutes long, it arrived in June 1937.

The screenplay is by Dale Van Every and John Lee Mahin.

Jaws, Clueless, and CODA make useful companions to Captains Courageous, all filed under coming of age. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 196 votes and it carries a G rating.