''Captain Tugboat Annie'' is a 1945 second

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to the classic ''

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'' (1933), this time starring

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as Annie and

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as Horatio Bullwinkle. The movie was directed by

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, and is also known as ''Tugboat Annie's Son''. The

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starred Marie Dressler,

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, Robert Young, and Maureen O'Sullivan. The first sequel, called '' Tugboat Annie Sails Again'', was released in 1940 starring

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as Annie,

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as Horatio Bullwinkle,

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, and Ronald Reagan. There is also a 1957

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-filmed television series, ''

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'', starring

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Plot

Right after the war has ended, tugboats are allowed to freely operate again in the US coastal waters. The owner of Secoma Towing & Salvage, Alec Severn (

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), starts searching for the famous Tugboat Annie Brennan (

), to incorporate her back as the captain of his fleet of tugboats. Severn is unaware that captain Bullwinkle (

), Annie’s long time rival, has his own agenda and wants to take Annie’s place as captain of the fleet. Bullwinkle intentionally gives Severn the wrong address to Annie, in an attempt to put her in bad standing when she doesn’t respond to Severn’s letter and request. Somehow, Annie still gets in touch with Severn and is appointed captain. She starts hiring his crew, an experienced lot of sailors: Pinto (

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), Shiftless (

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), Missouri Jones ( Barton Yarborough) and Johnny Webb (

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). Work commences and Annie runs across an orphan named Susan Henley (Saundra Berkova). She is a violin virtuose, and since Annie has worked with her father before the war, and very much would like a child of her own, she wants to adopt Susan as her own. Severn disagrees and claims the child would be better off on shore with his own family. Instead Annie gets to adopt a juvenile delinquent boy, with the help of a judge. It turns out the boy, whose name is Terry Jordan (Charles Gordon), is quite hostile towards Annie, and both she and her crew have difficulties in putting up with his antics. Susan gets to play for a famous conductor, a womanizing musician, Alfred Puccini (

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) whom Annie knew a long time ago, under a different name. Meanwhile, Annie still struggles in winning the heart of Terry, who resists all her friendly attempts. When Annie gets a very important and acute mission, Bullwinkle secretly empties her fuel tanks and sabotages her radio communication so that he can steal the job. Terry gets the blame for the sabotage, and gets into a fight with one of the crew members because of this. When Terry discovers sees that the man he’s fighting is a wounded veteran, he lets the man win. After this, he is respected by the whole crew as a decent boy. Terry finds out that Bullwinkle was the one who sabotaged the tugboat, and forces him to admit this to Annie. Terry then leaves the ship, leaving a note of explanation for his behaviour and departure. he says he will be back one day. Annie starts focusing more on Susan’s upcoming violin concert. The debut is a success, despite the fact that Susan is only eleven years old. A fire rages the tugboat when Annie returns from the concert, and Terry is back with the crew to help put it out. Even Bullwinkle helps out. When the tugboat tows an oil tanker that has caught fire, and the boat is at risk because of the huge flames, Johnny dies saving Terry’s life. The hardship makes Annie want to quit as captain, but Severn and Terry persuades her to stay on. Susan gets a contract with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and Annie makes up with Bullwinkle again.

Cast

as Tugboat Annie *

as Captain Bullwinkle *Charles Gordon as Terry Jordan *

as Pinto *

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as Marion Graves *

as Johnny Webb * H. B. Warner as Judge Abbott *

as Shiftless * Barton Yarborough as Missouri Jones *

as Al Pucci, aka Alfred Puccini *

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as Fire Chief * Anthony Warde as Jake *

as Alec Severn (billed as Joe Crehan) * Pierre Watkin as Dr. Turner *Saundra Berkova as Susan Henley

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0037577 1945 films Films directed by Phil Rosen American black-and-white films Republic Pictures films Tugboats in fiction 1945 comedy films Seafaring films American comedy films 1940s English-language films 1940s American films