Academy Awards, USA 1938
| Winner Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Spencer Tracy |
| Nominee Oscar | Best Picture |
| Best Writing, Screenplay Marc Connelly John Lee Mahin Dale Van Every | |
| Best Film Editing Elmo Veron |
MGM
Directed by Victor Fleming
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
The spoiled brat of a wealthy business tycoon falls overboard during an Atlantic crossing. He is rescued by fisherman Spencer Tracy, who takes him back to his fishing vessel. The captain, Lionel Barrymore, refuses to go back to shore and instead puts him on the payroll for three months of hard fishing in the north Atlantic. The rest is fairly predictable, with Tracy becoming a father figure and the boy maturing due to the hard work and discipline of ship life. Tracy gets all the best scenes, but tends to overact, while Barrymore's more subdued performance actually comes off as more believable. No classic by any means, but a quality adaptation of Kipling.
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