Un monello viziato che cade in mare da un piroscafo negli anni '20 viene prelevato da un peschereccio del New England, dove si guadagna da vivere unendosi all'equipaggio nel loro lavoro.Un monello viziato che cade in mare da un piroscafo negli anni '20 viene prelevato da un peschereccio del New England, dove si guadagna da vivere unendosi all'equipaggio nel loro lavoro.Un monello viziato che cade in mare da un piroscafo negli anni '20 viene prelevato da un peschereccio del New England, dove si guadagna da vivere unendosi all'equipaggio nel loro lavoro.
- Vincitore di 1 Oscar
- 4 vittorie e 6 candidature totali
- Priest
- (as Jack LaRue)
- 'Doc'
- (as Sam McDaniels)
- Charles
- (as Billy Burrud)
- Robbins
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Boy
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Bit Role
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Fisherman
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
- Reporter
- (non citato nei titoli originali)
Trama
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- QuizWhen production finally wrapped in late February 1937, Spencer Tracy was relieved. "Well, I got away with it," he said later. "Want to know why? Because of Freddie, because of that kid's performance, because he sold it 98 per cent. The kid had to believe in Manuel, or Manuel wasn't worth a quarter. The way he would look at me, believe every word I said, made me believe in it myself. I've never said this before, and I'll never say it again. Freddie Bartholomew's acting is so fine and so simple and so true that it's way over people's heads. It'll only be by thinking back two or three years from now that they'll realize how great it was."
- BlooperManuel has many siblings, yet Daniel says Manuel did not have any relatives.
- Citazioni
Harvey: I bet I know a lot of things you don't know. I know that's not French you're singing.
Manuel Fidello: That's right. About ten million people know it Portuguese.
Harvey: I bet you can't speak French.
Manuel Fidello: Right now, I sorry I speak *English*.
- Curiosità sui creditiThe opening credits are letters on planks, like the lettering on the side of ships, and between screen-fulls, a foaming wave of water splashes over it and then runs off. In the initial sets of credits, these appear to be actually letter-forms attached to the wood, as the water gets deflected by some of the letters; in later sets of credits, this effect is harder to see and the sets may be credits superimposed upon wood.
- ConnessioniEdited into Spisok korabley (2008)
- Colonne sonoreOoh What a Terrible Man
(1937) (uncredited)
Lyrics by Gus Kahn
Music by Franz Waxman
Sung by John C arradine, Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, and other seaman
Spencer Tracy as Manuel the Portugese fisherman was absolutely fantastic. Just looking at the sparkle in his eyes when mentoring Harvey (Freddie Bartholomew) was beautiful. I have shown this film to my senior class in Strategic Management and they all loved it. And what a supporting cast, Lionel Barrymore, Melvin Douglas, Mickey Rooney, John Caradine. It was also one of the first Hollywood movies to treat a black character with dignity and respect. The ship's cook was even bilingual, speaking both English and Portugese, and was a respected member of the crew, not just an Uncle Tom.
They don't make them any better than this--and not a single word of profanity, no sex or sexual episodes, must a wonderful story, well acted, sad but uplifting.
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 1.645.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 57 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 1.37 : 1