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75% Critic Match
Steamboat Round the Bend
7.5 / 10• 1935• 1h 21m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
Cast & Crew
Will Rogers
Doctor John Pearly
Lead
Anne Shirley
Fleety Belle
Irvin S. Cobb
Captain Eli
Eugene Pallette
Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
John McGuire
Duke
Berton Churchill
New Moses
Francis Ford
Efe
Roger Imhof
Pappy
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Ford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Steamboat Round the Bend is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
