| Release Date: | Aug 1933 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Drama |
| Runtime: | 86 min |
| Cast: | Marie Dressler (Annie Brennan), Wallace Beery (Terry Brennan) Robert Young (Alexander 'Alec' Brennan) 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) Oscar Apfel (Reynolds (uncredited)) Vince Barnett (Cab Driver (uncredited)) Robert Barrat (First Mate of 'Glacier...) Wallis Clark (Second Banker (uncredited)) Willie Fung (Chow, the Cook (uncredited)) Charles Giblyn (Banker John Wilcox (uncredited)) Marilyn Harris (Pat Severn, as a Child (uncredited)) Sam Harris (Onlooker on Schooner (uncredited)) Robert Homans (Old Salt on Schooner (uncredited)) Robert McWade (Mayor of Secoma (uncredited)) Hal Price (Mate on Ferry (uncredited)) Addison Randall (Dance Extra (uncredited)) Christian Rub (Sailor (uncredited)) Guy Usher (Auctioneer (uncredited)) |
Secoma, Washington based tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan. Among her crew are her drunkard but good natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's mistakes. In turn, 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 to Secoma with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - and 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.
