Directed by:
Richard WallaceScreenplay:
Grover JonesCinematography:
Norbert BrodineCast:
Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot, Robert Barrat, Vivienne Osborne, Miles Mander, El Brendel, Roscoe Ates, Aubrey Mather, Alan Ladd (more)Plots(1)
A mix of romance, drama, adventure, and music, CAPTAIN CAUTION details the adventures of an American vessel, the Olive Branch, on its way home carrying a valuable cargo. Suddenly the ship is hijacked by the British who use it as a prison ship. When the captain of the Olive Branch dies, young sailor Mature takes command of the ship and of a romance with feisty sailorette Platt. Eventually the Americans are rescused by Osborn and sent on their way. The film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Sound. Look hard and fast for Alan Ladd in a minor role. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Victor Mature
USA
Best movies:
Samson and Delilah (1949)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
I Wake Up Screaming (1941)
Louise Platt
USA
Best movies:
Stagecoach (1939)
Leo Carrillo
USA
Best movies:
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
The Fugitive (1947)
Bruce Cabot
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
King Kong (1933)
Robert Barrat
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Captain Blood (1935)
Vivienne Osborne
USA
Best movies:
Dragonwyck (1946)
Miles Mander
UK
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Madame Curie (1943)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
El Brendel
USA
Best movies:
Wings (1927)
The Big Trail (1930)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Roscoe Ates
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
City Girl (1930)
Freaks (1932)
Aubrey Mather
UK
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Bernadette (1943)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Alan Ladd
USA
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
The Black Cat (1941)
Lloyd Corrigan
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
It (1927)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Bud Jamison
USA
Best movies:
It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Holiday Inn (1942)
Come and Get It (1936)
William H. O'Brien
Australia
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Francis McDonald
USA
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Pierre Watkin
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Colin Kenny
Ireland
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Ethan Laidlaw
USA
Best movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
Pressure Point (1962)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
Jack Curtis
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Stanley Blystone
USA
Best movies:
Modern Times (1936)
The Circus (1928)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)