Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but none of them believe him. Stranded on the boat he must adapt to the ways of the fishermen and learn more about the real world.... (Full plot summary below)
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Harvey Cheyne is a spoiled brat used to having his own way. When a prank goes wrong onboard an ocean liner Harvey ends up overboard and nearly drowns. Fortunately he's picked up by a fishing boat just heading out for the season. He tries to bribe the crew into returning early to collect a reward but none of them believe him. Stranded on the boat he must adapt to the ways of the fishermen and learn more about the real world.
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| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIts themes are entirely relevant to this day, and even technically %u2013 with the integration of sound stage and open sea footage %u2013 it stands the test of time |
| CinemaniaDan JardineAn unlikely love story of two opposites splendidly directed by Fleming. |
| Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)Ken HankeStill effective old-style literary adaptation. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonIf that's a Portuguese accent Tracy is sporting, then I'm Katharine Hepburn -- if anything, his performance appears to be based on Chico Marx. Nevertheless, this is top-notch entertainment. |
| Los Angeles TimesMaria D. LasoWith its rich production, magnificent marine photography, admirable direction and performances, the film brings vividly to life every page of Kipling's novel and even adds an exciting chapter or two of its own. |
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThere is no better film about sailing than this. There is no better coming of age story than this. |
| Tim Dirks' The Greatest FilmsTim DirksOne of cinema's greatest classic adventure stories is Captains Courageous (1937), an adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's novel. |
| Orlando SentinelCrosby DayThe Kipling yarn, built around a wealthy, motherless brat who accidentaly lands with a cod-fishing fleet, and undergoes regeneration during an enforced three months’ piscatorial quest, has been given splendid production, performance, photography and dramatic composition. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzThis hokum earned Spencer Tracy his first Best Actor Oscar. |
| The A.V. ClubJesse HassengerOn either end of Harvey’s adventure, Captains Courageous goes on a bit too long; the circumstances of his boarding-school transgressions are needlessly overcomplicated, and the emotional denouement is less than concise. But the seafaring section that makes up the majority of the film is well-crafted and gives way to surprising emotion. |
