Will Rogers
Doctor John Pearly
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A con man enters his steamboat in a winner-take-all steamboat race in the 1890s with a rival while attempting to find an eyewitness that will save his nephew, who has been wrongly convicted of murder, from the gallows.
Steamboat Round the Bend: Directed by John Ford. With Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb, Eugene Pallette. A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
- (1.4K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John Ford
- 1935-09-06
After Doc buys the steamboat Claremore Queen with the money he has made selling the "remedies," steamboat Captain Eli of the Pride of Paducah wagers his boat against Doc's in the upcoming race to Baton Rouge. Doc is a bit chagrined to find his boat in a delapidated state, but he makes Efe, an alcoholic who owes him for a number of bottles, his ...
- John Ford, Ed O'fearna
- Will Rogers
Will Rogers winds up with a stunning and hilarious sequence involving a race between a couple of famous river-boats. The comedians edging more and more toward a Tobacco Road portrayal of the South...
- (14)
- John Ford
- Comedy, Drama
- Will Rogers
The film stars Will Rogers as Dr. John Pearly, an affable snake oil salesman who sells a patent medicine whose primary ingredient is whiskey. He resurrects a broken down steamboat with a makeshift crew and challenges the respectable but arrogant Captain Eli to a river race.
- (1.6K)
- Fox Film Corporation
- John Ford
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
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February 1, 1894, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, U.S. Died: August 31, 1973, Palm Desert, California (aged 79) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1953) Academy Award (1942) Academy Award (1941) Academy Award (1936) Notable Works: “Drums Along the Mohawk” “Fort Apache”
