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B
Strong
MASTER SCORE 68.3 / 100
1933·Comedy / Drama / Romance·1h 26m

TUGBOAT ANNIE

“Based on the Saturday Evening Post story”

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.

Above the Line
Mervyn LeRoy·DirectorZelda Sears·WriterEve Greene·Writer
Cast
Marie Dressler·AnnieWallace Beery·Terry (Husband)Robert Young·Alec (Son)Maureen O'Sullivan·Patricia 'Pat' SevernWillard Robertson·Red SevernTammany Young·Shif'lessFrankie Darro·Alec, as a ChildJack Pennick·PetePaul Hurst·SamWillie Fung·Chow, the Cook (uncredited)
Full Crew
(6 credits)
Directing· 1
Mervyn LeRoy·Director
Writing· 3
Norman Reilly Raine·StoryZelda Sears·WriterEve Greene·Writer
Production· 2
Irving Thalberg·ProducerHarry Rapf·Associate Producer
By the Numbers
68.3
OF 100
Master Score
6.8
OF 10
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