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Captains Courageous

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.

Director

Victor Fleming

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, family

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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Harvey

Freddie Bartholomew

Manuel

Disko

Lionel Barrymore

Mr. Cheyne

Uncle Salters

Charley Grapewin

Dan

'Long Jack'

Cushman

Priest

Dr. Finley

Walter Kingsford

Tyler

'Doc'

Charles

Robbins

Boy

Bit Role

Fisherman

Reporter

Capt. Anderson

Skipper of Blue Gill

Reporter

Boy on Ship

Burns

Burns

Charles Coleman

Martin

Corridor Steward

Appleton's Wife

Crewman

Crewman

Soda Steward

Nate Rogers

Bit Role

Crewman

Skipper of Ship

Secretary Cobb

Captain of Flying Swan

Mrs. Disko

Katherine Kenworthy

Reporter

Crewman

James Kilgannon

Minister

Crewman

Boy

Chester's Wife

Crewman

Philo McCullough

Bit Role

Minor Role

Fisherman

Edward Peil Sr.

Crewman

First Steward

Boy in Print Shop

Old Clement

Black Woman

Elliott

Crewman

Boy

Reggie Streeter

Taxi Driver

Nate's Wife

Gertrude Sutton

Tom

Dr. Dick Walsh

Charles Trowbridge

Boy

Sailor on Flying Swan

Monte Vandergrift

Pogey Williams

Reporter

Lars

Alvin Savage

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'doc'Manuel Fidello Harvey Frank Burton Cheyne Elliott Captain Disko Troop Dan Troop 'long Jack'Burns Dr. Finley

He do some work - Captains Courageous

He do some work

Kind of funny about Eddie
stopping where he did. - Captains Courageous

Kind of funny about Eddie stopping where he did.

I guess I got a right
to look at it, haven't I? - Captains Courageous

I guess I got a right to look at it, haven't I?

- It'll only cost $10 if you want to go
back. - I'm never going back. - Captains Courageous

- It'll only cost $10 if you want to go back. - I'...

I gonna get nifty suit - Captains Courageous

I gonna get nifty suit

Don't, Mr. Tyler, please don't. Don't. - Captains Courageous

Don't, Mr. Tyler, please don't. Don't.

I'm going to be a father again - Captains Courageous

I'm going to be a father again

All right, drink them up, boys,
and don't take all day, huh? - Captains Courageous

All right, drink them up, boys, and don't take all day,...

There. You didn't think I could do it,
did you? - Captains Courageous

There. You didn't think I could do it, did you?

You try run Manuel down, huh? - Captains Courageous

You try run Manuel down, huh?

That's all you ever got to say. - Captains Courageous

That's all you ever got to say.

That whale she have calf, huh?
Little bull calf, too. - Captains Courageous

That whale she have calf, huh? Little bull calf, too.

What smells so bad Smells - Captains Courageous

What smells so bad Smells

You sure is a tonic to yourself - Captains Courageous

You sure is a tonic to yourself

Wait till you see some of the places we go - Captains Courageous

Wait till you see some of the places we go

They die of loneliness - Captains Courageous

They die of loneliness

There my new kind of fish How you feel little fish - Captains Courageous

There my new kind of fish How you feel little fish

Hey I do more work as you do with your best girl's six brothers - Captains Courageous

Hey I do more work as you do with your best girl's six...

Jonah, for the last time.
You gonna work or no? - Captains Courageous

Jonah, for the last time. You gonna work or no?

Hey, Jonah. Hey, kid. - Captains Courageous

Hey, Jonah. Hey, kid.

I can do this long as you can. - Captains Courageous

I can do this long as you can.

Now. Now you can go below and eat. - Captains Courageous

Now. Now you can go below and eat.

Once Doc makes a biscuit and throw them away - Captains Courageous

Once Doc makes a biscuit and throw them away

The food was awful - Captains Courageous

The food was awful

All cleared up hasn't it - Captains Courageous

All cleared up hasn't it

Who's he I guess you don't know nothing huh - Captains Courageous

Who's he I guess you don't know nothing huh

I bet I know a lot of things you don't know - Captains Courageous

I bet I know a lot of things you don't know

What do you keep singing for Because I like to sing - Captains Courageous

What do you keep singing for Because I like to sing

People learn songs - Captains Courageous

People learn songs

Say my father when he alive he made better songs than me - Captains Courageous

Say my father when he alive he made better songs than me

My father was the best fisherman on the whole Madeira islands - Captains Courageous

My father was the best fisherman on the whole Madeira...

You're trailing me 'cause I can find cod - Captains Courageous

You're trailing me 'cause I can find cod

He'll beat us into Gloucester this trip too I think - Captains Courageous

He'll beat us into Gloucester this trip too I think

There's a place in my heart for the one I love best - Captains Courageous

There's a place in my heart for the one I love best

Somebody think you dead - Captains Courageous

Somebody think you dead

Go away with your foolish questions which don't have no brain - Captains Courageous

Go away with your foolish questions which don't have no...

O what a terrible man - Captains Courageous

O what a terrible man

You think Manuel soft with that kid - Captains Courageous

You think Manuel soft with that kid

Kid. - Captains Courageous

- You go out fishing?
- Sure, sometimes me and Uncle Salters. - Captains Courageous

- You go out fishing? - Sure, sometimes me and Uncle Salters...

Get your dories ready! - Captains Courageous

Get your dories ready!

Keep well to the westward, Tom. - Captains Courageous

Keep well to the westward, Tom.

Come on, get her in the water. - Captains Courageous

Come on, get her in the water.

- Thank you, Uncle Salters.
- Manuel, he all set. - Captains Courageous

- Thank you, Uncle Salters. - Manuel, he all set.

By golly, that's smart kid. - Captains Courageous

By golly, that's smart kid.

Oh what do you care Jack Pop could find fish in a graveyard - Captains Courageous

Oh what do you care Jack Pop could find fish in a graveyard

Ya cross eyed mackerel - Captains Courageous

Ya cross eyed mackerel

You no think I catch as much as fish as you - Captains Courageous

You no think I catch as much as fish as you

I tell you what you do - Captains Courageous

I tell you what you do

Bottom of the ocean - Captains Courageous

Bottom of the ocean

Sitting there looking at me - Captains Courageous

Sitting there looking at me

Hey I've got one - Captains Courageous

Hey I've got one

Gosh Can I take him off the hook - Captains Courageous

Gosh Can I take him off the hook

Hey I've got one now All right pull him up - Captains Courageous

Hey I've got one now All right pull him up

Nothing going on here now - Captains Courageous

Nothing going on here now

What you sorry about - Captains Courageous

What you sorry about

He see my father all tired and wet down there in the water - Captains Courageous

He see my father all tired and wet down there in the water

You think they really fish in heaven - Captains Courageous

You think they really fish in heaven

They all fishermen - Captains Courageous

They all fishermen

You try run Manuel down - Captains Courageous

You try run Manuel down

Hey sleepy face look - Captains Courageous

Hey sleepy face look

By golly My little fish catch fish bigger than he is - Captains Courageous

By golly My little fish catch fish bigger than he is

Manuel and his little fish they beat everybody - Captains Courageous

Manuel and his little fish they beat everybody

What are you going to do? - Captains Courageous

What are you going to do?

Well, what have we got here? - Captains Courageous

Well, what have we got here?

Don't like fishing, son? - Captains Courageous

Don't like fishing, son?

You have to settle that yourself - Captains Courageous

You have to settle that yourself

Yes, sir, that sure do beat all. - Captains Courageous

Yes, sir, that sure do beat all.

So you got chance to drink more rum - Captains Courageous

So you got chance to drink more rum

What are you worry about - Captains Courageous

What are you worry about

All right, start cutting, Disko. - Captains Courageous

All right, start cutting, Disko.

What's the matter - Captains Courageous

What's the matter

There's a school of fish Way down deep in the sea - Captains Courageous

There's a school of fish Way down deep in the sea

Walt Cushman beats me into Gloucester - Captains Courageous

Walt Cushman beats me into Gloucester

All right, up, up, up. Hurry. - Captains Courageous

All right, up, up, up. Hurry.

Aboard the vessel - Captains Courageous

Aboard the vessel

Now stick that in your face
and suck blood out. - Captains Courageous

Now stick that in your face and suck blood out.

Sway up that mainsail! - Captains Courageous

Sway up that mainsail!

She's got a good lead on us, Capt. Disko. - Captains Courageous

She's got a good lead on us, Capt. Disko.

It's awful heavy going, Disko. - Captains Courageous

It's awful heavy going, Disko.

I told you so. Now what'll I do? - Captains Courageous

I told you so. Now what'll I do?

I know this bottom as well as my wife knows her own kitchen - Captains Courageous

I know this bottom as well as my wife knows her own kitchen

I'll bet old Walt's hot under his hatches. - Captains Courageous

I'll bet old Walt's hot under his hatches.

I think maybe I light candle for myself too - Captains Courageous

I think maybe I light candle for myself too

I want to be with you, Manuel. - Captains Courageous

I want to be with you, Manuel.

My little fish. - Captains Courageous

My little fish.

They're coming now, Walt!
I guess they got us. - Captains Courageous

They're coming now, Walt! I guess they got us.

What's this? Disko, he coming about. - Captains Courageous

What's this? Disko, he coming about.

- Give away to her, Disko.
- Well, I ain't giving way, neither. - Captains Courageous

- Give away to her, Disko. - Well, I ain't giving way, ...

Land sakes, Disko, here she comes! - Captains Courageous

Land sakes, Disko, here she comes!

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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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Director: Victor Fleming

Writer: Rudyard Kipling, John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: adventure, drama, family

Year: 1937

MetaScore: 81/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Jun 1937

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 4 wins & 6 nominations total

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