Tugboat Annie
Based on the Saturday Evening Post story
1933 | 86m | English
Popularity: 4 (history)
| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
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| Writer: | Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Norman Reilly Raine |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 04, 1933 |
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| Director: | Mervyn LeRoy |
| Writer: | Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Norman Reilly Raine |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | tugboat, sea captain |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Zelda Sears | Writer |
| Eve Greene | Writer |
| Mervyn LeRoy | Director |
| Norman Reilly Raine | Story |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Harry Rapf | Associate Producer |
| Irving Thalberg | Producer |
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