Captain Caution

Captain Caution (1940)

Fighting Rogues of the sea...they struck terror in the hearts of men and captured hearts of women!

When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.

Date of release
1940-08-09
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (11)
Runtime
1h 26m
Genres
Action, Adventure, Romance
Director
Richard Wallace

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Captain Caution is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace set during the War of 1812. The film stars Victor Mature, Bruce Cabot and Alan Ladd. It was based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts. Elmer Raguse was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording.

Production

Kenneth Roberts' novel was published in 1934 and became a best seller. Film rights were bought by Hal Roach, who made the film as part of a five-picture deal he had with United Artists. (The others were The Housekeeper's Daughter, One Million Years BC, Of Mice and Men and a novel by Thorne Smith.) Eugene Sollow was assigned to write the script.

Plans to make the film were pushed back following the entry of Britain into World War II out of fear the film could be seen as anti British. However "sea pictures" were in vogue at the time (e.g. The Sea Hawk, South of Pago Pago) so Roach decided to proceed.

The anti-British tone of the novel was softened and the script rewritten by producer Grover Jones, who said "in the main we won't be giving them much time to think about whether they like the theme of the picture or not. We'll be giving them action and more action.

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