Affairs of Cappy Ricks (1937) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1937 · 61 mins · English

Directed by

Ralph Staub

Starring

Walter Brennan, Mary Brian, Frank Shields, Lyle Talbot, Georgia Caine, Frank Melton

Cappy Ricks returns from a long voyage to find his family in turmoil: his daughter is engaged to a fool he loathes, and his mother‑in‑law plans to merge his business with a rival while fully automating his beloved ship, the Electra. Cappy devises a scheme to stop the marriage, the merger and the mechanized vessel.