Tugboat Annie
6.8
“Based on the Saturday Evening Post story”
Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. 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 home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - 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.
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Cast
25 people
Marie Dressler
Annie
Known for
Dinner at Eight
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Wallace Beery
Terry (Husband)
Known for
Grand Hotel
Treasure Island
Robert Young
Alec (Son)
Known for
Crossfire
Western Union
Maureen O'Sullivan
Patricia 'Pat' Severn
Known for
The Thin Man
Hannah and Her Sisters
Willard Robertson
Red Severn
Known for
Remember the Night
The Ox-Bow Incident
Tammany Young
Shif'less
Known for
It's a Gift
She Done Him Wrong
Frankie Darro
Alec, as a Child
Known for
Wild Boys of the Road
Operation Petticoat
Jack Pennick
Pete
Known for
Fort Apache
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Paul Hurst
Sam
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
The Ox-Bow Incident
Willie Fung
Chow, the Cook (uncredited)
Known for
The Letter
Red Dust
Jack Randall
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Also in
Across the Plains
The Mexicali Kid
Oscar Apfel
Reynolds (uncredited)
Also in
The Texan
Hell's Highway
Mervyn LeRoy Director · Eve Greene Writer Zelda Sears Writer
Worldwide gross $2.6M · Budget $614K · United States release August 4, 1933
Box office
Budget
$614,000
Worldwide gross
$2,600,000
Gross vs. budget
4.2×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 4, 1933
Theatrical
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