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Tugboat Annie (1933) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1933 · 86 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Starring
- Paul Hurst, Maureen O'Sullivan, Wallace Beery, Frankie Darro, Robert Young, Willie Fung
Annie Brennan captains the tug Narcissus with her alcoholic husband Terry and son Alec as crew. Terry’s drunken mistakes cost them work, and Annie refuses to let Alec quit school for the tug. Years later Alec, now a luxury liner captain, returns with his fiancée Pat, hoping to rescue his mother, but discovers Annie and Terry must save him by showing real commitment.
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