Captains Courageous Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

Good story ahoy

Spoilt rich kid falls off an ocean liner and gets picked out of the sea by a rough and ready fisherman. Cue some life lessons to be learned onboard the 'We're Here', a fishing trawler plying the eastern American coast. An MGM quality production of its day, this probably has a bit too much obvious studio sets to be convincing, and Tracy's wig and accent are dubious indeed (but still enough to net him an Oscar). But there's no denying the power of the story that builds up between the boy and the fisherman and the emotional dynamics that follow.

gone fishing

A good family film although this movie is obviously quite dated in these days of special effects adventure genre,and the boy speaks in that oh so correct English accent of the time,which can irritate,but for all that you can enjoy the acting of the great Spencer Tracy and know your kids will enjoy a movie from a more innocent era