The Captain is a Lady (1940)
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This touching romance is based on a play by Rachel Crothers. An aging sea captain squanders his fortune on a bad business deal. Now he faces having to put his beloved wife in a poor house. He himself also has no place to live. Desperate for cash, he sells interest in a ship he has nothing to do… More This touching romance is based on a play by Rachel Crothers. An aging sea captain squanders his fortune on a bad business deal. Now he faces having to put his beloved wife in a poor house. He himself also has no place to live. Desperate for cash, he sells interest in a ship he has nothing to do with. This money gets her in a decent home for old ladies. To be with her, he dresses as an old woman and goes to live in the home with her. Eventually the administrators allow him to stay and the other residents begin calling him "Old Lady 31." The fortunes of the couple changes after the brave old salt saves a shipwrecked schooner. The salvage rights restore his fortune and all is well. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert B. Sinclair
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 21, 1940 Wide
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Cast
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Charles Coburn
as Capt. Abe Peabody
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Beulah Bondi
as Angie Peabody
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Virginia Grey
as Mary Peabody
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Helen Broderick
as Nanay Crocker
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Billie Burke
as Blossy Stort
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Helen Westley
as Abigail Morrow
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Marjorie Main
as Sarah May Willett
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Cecil Cunningham
as Mrs. Homans
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Clem Bevans
as Samuel Darby
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Francis Pierlot
as Roger Bartlett
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Tom Fadden
as Pucey Kintner
- Joe Bernard
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Ralph Byrd
as Randy
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Dan Dailey
as Perth Nickerson
- Frank Hammond
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Earl Hodgins
as Man
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Robert E. Homans
as Clem
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Milt Kibbee
as Men in Store
- Murdock MacQuarrie
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Robert Middlemass
as Peterson
- Carl Stockdale
- Henry Sylvester
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Harry Tyler
as Lem
- Dorothea Wolbert
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George Guhl
as Seaman
- Vangie Beilby
- Ed Brady
- Helen Dickson