Captains Courageous

In this superb adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale, Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for Best Actor as Manuel, a Portuguese fisherman who teaches human values to a spoiled young millionaire's son. 12 year-old Harvey Cheyne falls overboard while bound for Europe with his father. The boy is saved by Manuel and brought aboard a New England fishing schooner captained by Disko (Lionel Barrymore). There, he is instantly put to work alongside Dan (Mickey Rooney), the captain's son. Through the slow and difficult mastery of skills, the boy is changed from a brat into a gallant, brave apprentice. He also learns to appreciate the fishing life, and to adore his stalwart friend, Manuel. With it's magnifcent sea photography and one of Tracy's finest and most colourful roles ever, Captains Courageous has and epic sweep and power that will draw you irresistably under its spell. © 1937 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.