Film

Tugboat Annie

1933 · 1h 26m · Comedy · Drama · Romance

Based on the Saturday Evening Post story

IMDb

6.8

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.

Marie Dressler

Annie

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

Paul Hurst

Sam

Willie Fung

Chow, the Cook (uncredited)

Jack Randall

Dance Extra (uncredited)

• Mervyn LeRoyDirector
• Zelda SearsWriter
• Eve GreeneWriter
• Norman Reilly RaineStory
• Irving ThalbergProducer

Release date

August 4, 1933

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

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