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Captains Courageous (1977 film) Captains Courageous. (1977 film) Captains Courageous is a 1977 American television film based on the novel Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling. It was produced by Norman Rosemont, who made a number of television films based on classic novels. [1] It was shot off the coast of Maine with a budget of $1.5 million.
- Norman Rosemont Productions
- Harvey Hart
- John Gay, Rudyard Kipling (novel)
Dec 4, 1977 · Captains Courageous: Directed by Harvey Hart. With Karl Malden, Jonathan Kahn, Johnny Doran, Neville Brand. A spoiled little rich boy learns what life is really like after he falls overboard in the middle of the ocean and is picked up by a crusty old sea captain.
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- Adventure
- Harvey Hart
- 1977-12-04
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Brief Synopsis. A remake of Kipling's all-time adventure classic that starred Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew and Melvyn Douglas in 1937 and told of a spoiled rich kid who grows up fast under the care of a crusty sea captain after falling overboard from his father's ship.
On either end of Harvey’s adventure, Captains Courageous goes on a bit too long; the circumstances of his boarding-school transgressions are needlessly overcomplicated, and the emotional denouement is less than concise. But the seafaring section that makes up the majority of the film is well-crafted and gives way to surprising emotion.
Dec 4, 1977 · The 1977 version also relegates Manuel (Ricardo Montalban) to the secondary position he held in the novel, strengthening the growing friendship and mutual respect between young Harvey and wise old captain Danko (Karl Malden). Filmed on location off the Maine coast, The TV version of Captains Courageous originally aired December 4, 1977.
