Actors: Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracy, Lionel Barrymore, Melvyn Douglas
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Captains Courageous
On a luxury liner to Europe a spoiled rich boy, getting sick from drinking too many ice cream sodas, falls overboard without being noticed. He is rescued by a local immigrant fisherman and brought aboard a fishing boat. With no way to return home for three months, the young boy must learn to work for his food and forms a special friendship with his rescuer, Manuel. Learning to weather a large storm, gutting fish, and keeping watch on deck helps him learn about real life outside his father's mansion. When Manuel drowns in an accident, the young boy wishes he could have such a relationship with his own father.
--Sara Embrey, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Captains Courageous
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Kind of comedy
- riches to rags
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Hispanic/Latinic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- natural phenomena
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
- sail boat
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- concerned
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
Is this movie based on a
- book
