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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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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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Marie Dressler
Annie
Wallace Beery
Terry (Husband)
Robert Young
Alec (Son)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Patricia 'Pat' Severn
Willard Robertson
Red Severn
Tammany Young
Shif'less
Frankie Darro
Alec, as a Child
Jack Pennick
Pete
Willie Fung
Chow, the Cook (uncredited)
Jack Randall
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Harry Rapf
Associate Producer
Irving Thalberg
Producer
Norman Reilly Raine
Story
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The Sea Wolf
Hell and High Water
The World in His Arms
Barnacle Bill
The Black Swan
Tugboat Mickey
The Ghost Ship
The Sea Chase
My Sailor, My Love
The World Was His Jury
The Key
Thunder Afloat
The Sea Ghost
Deadweight
Devil on Deck
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Aflame
The Secret: Dare to Dream
An Autumn Romance
People Will Talk
Peter Ibbetson
Father of the Bride
The Fugitive Kind
The Lost Husband
My Dog Skip
Afterlife of the Party
Titanic
Hitch
The Other Sister
Love Sarah
Love on Harbor Island
Love Is in the Air
Jersey Girl
The Prince & Me 4: The Elephant Adventure
In Good Company
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Queen Bees
Whisky Galore
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Madame
Picture Perfect
Out to Sea
L.A. Without a Map
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