Summary
Captain Caution is an American action film first released in 1940,
directed by Richard Wallace.
The film is based on a novel by Kenneth Roberts and stars Victor Mature, Louise Platt, Leo Carrillo, Bruce Cabot and Robert Barrat.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: Richard Wallace
- Script: Grover Jones, Kenneth Roberts (novel)
- Photo: Norbert Brodine
- Music: Phil Ohman
- Cast: Victor Mature (Daniel ’Dan’ Marvin), Louise Platt (Corunna Dorman), Leo Carrillo (Lucien Argandeau), Bruce Cabot (Lehrman Slade), Robert Barrat (Capt. Dorman), Vivienne Osborne (Victorine Argandeau), Miles Mander (Lieut. Strope), El Brendel (Slushy), Roscoe Ates (Chips), Andrew Tombes (Sad Eyes), Aubrey Mather (Mr. Henry Potter), Alan Ladd (Newton – Mutinous Sailor), J. Pat O’Malley (Fish Peddler on Ship), Lloyd Corrigan (Capt. Stannage), Ted Osborne (Capt. Steve Decatur), Ann Codee (Landlady), Romaine Callender (English Officer), Pierre Watkin (American Consul), Clifford Severn (Travers – English Drummer Boy), Bud Jamison (Blinks), Ted Billings (Prisoner in Brig), Stanley Blystone (Tough Sailor in Brig), Sven Hugo Borg (Sailor), Jack Curtis (Sailor), Jean Del Val (French Officer), James Dime (Barfly in Pub), Martin Faust (Marty – Lookout), Budd Fine (Sailor), Bud Geary (Sailor), Leyland Hodgson (English Ship’s Brig Officer), Olaf Hytten (Stannage’s Officer Aide), Colin Kenny (Jim – English Ship’s Brig Officer), Frank Lackteen (Mr. Furneaux – Slade’s Mate), Ethan Laidlaw (Prisoner in Brig), George Lloyd (Sailor Drinking Emetic), Colin Mackenzie (Sailor), Anthony Marsh (Lt. Briggs), Francis McDonald (French Seaman in Pub), Gene Morgan (Hatch), Carl Mudge (Sailor), William H. O’Brien (English Sailor Who Pleads for Water), Philip Sleeman (Barfly in Pub), William Sundholm (Bill – a Sailor)
- Country: USA
- Language: English / French
- Runtime: 86 min; B&W
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