Tugboat Annie

Aug 4, 1933

1h 26m

★ 7.3

Based on the Saturday Evening Post story

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Annie

Marie Dressler

Terry (Husband)

Wallace Beery

Alec (Son)

Robert Young

Patricia 'Pat' Severn

Maureen O'Sullivan

Red Severn

Willard Robertson

Shif'less

Tammany Young

Alec, as a Child

Frankie Darro

Pete

Jack Pennick

Sam

Paul Hurst

Chow, the Cook (uncredited)

Willie Fung

Dance Extra (uncredited)

Jack Randall

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