Mervyn LeRoy (Director) · Norman Reilly Raine (Story) · Eve Greene (Writer) · Zelda Sears (Writer)
Marie Dressler
Annie
Wallace Beery
Terry (Husband)
Robert Young
Alec (Son)
Maureen O'Sullivan
Patricia 'Pat' Severn
Willard Robertson
Red Severn
Tammany Young
Shif'less
Frankie Darro
Alec, as a Child
Jack Pennick
Pete
Paul Hurst
Sam
Willie Fung
Chow, the Cook (uncredited)
Jack Randall
Dance Extra (uncredited)
Oscar Apfel
Reynolds (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Miss Blake - Severn's Secretary (uncredited)
Vince Barnett
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Robert Barrat
First Mate of 'Glacier Queen' (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Second Banker (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
Banker John Wilcox (uncredited)
Marilyn Harris
Pat Severn, as a Child (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Onlooker on Schooner (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Old Salt on Schooner (uncredited)
Robert McWade
Mayor of Secoma (uncredited)
Roger Moore
Man on Dock (uncredited)
Hal Price
Mate on Ferry (uncredited)
Christian Rub
Sailor (uncredited)
Guy Usher
Auctioneer (uncredited)
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Tugboat, the Narcissus, is owned and captained by Annie Brennan, and among her crew are her alcoholic but good-natured husband, Terry, and her conscientious son, Alec. Annie continually loses business because of Terry's drunken mistakes. Alec wants to quit school to work on the tug full time, but Annie will not sacrifice her son's education. A grown Alec has followed in his mother's footsteps and becomes a mariner, but a more upscale one as the captain of a luxury liner. Alec returns home with his fiancée, Pat - the boss' daughter - with a grand plan to save Annie from the life that drunkard Terry has provided her. But ultimately, it's Annie and Terry that need to be Alec's savior, and by their move show him the meaning of true commitment.
