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Tugboat Annie
“Based on the Saturday Evening Post story”
7.3 / 10• 1933• 1h 26m•NR• English
ComedyDramaRomance
Storyline
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. Alec wants to quit school to work on the tug full time, but Annie will not sacrifice her son's education. A grown Alec has followed in his mother's footsteps and becomes a mariner, but a more upscale one as the captain of a luxury liner. Alec returns home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - with a grand plan to save Annie from the life that drunkard Terry has provided her. But ultimately, it's Annie and Terry that need to be Alec's savior, and by their move show him the meaning of true commitment.
Cast & Crew
Marie Dressler
Annie
Lead
Wallace Beery
Terry (Husband)
Robert Young
Alec (Son)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Patricia 'Pat' Severn
Willard Robertson
Red Severn
Tammany Young
Shif'less
Frankie Darro
Alec, as a Child
Jack Pennick
Pete
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mervyn LeRoy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Tugboat Annie is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
