Walter Brennan in one of his few starring roles while he was winning all those Best Supporting Actor awards, stars in this amusing comedy for Republic. Brennan is in the title role of Cappy Ricks an old sea dog who's built up a nice business of ship building, but who feels that progress is too much of a good thing.
In a way the Affairs Of Cappy Ricks is a humorous version of The Flight Of The Phoenix where Brennan is a nautical version of what James Stewart was in the air. Automation and instruments are fine, but unless you can sail by stars and compass and I do mean sail because steam and diesel power boats can run out of fuel you are no kind of sailor.
And that's a lesson his family seems to have forgotten as one daughter is getting married to a confirmed landlubber and another daughter has dumped longtime boyfriend Lyle Talbot for the son of a man whose business is about to merge and takeover Brennan's.
So Brennan arranges a little south sea voyage for the whole lot of them and has a preplanned shipwreck on a deserted island that would seem like home to the Gilligan's Island castaways. And it's as primitive as can be.
Brennan has no leading players to steal scenes from, so he's given a full head of steam by the director. His only competition is that of Georgia Caine who is the wife of William Davidson whom Brennan's business was merging with. Mary Brian is good as Brennan's feisty daughter whom he'd like to get back together with Talbot.
Definitely for fans for Walter Brennan.
In a way the Affairs Of Cappy Ricks is a humorous version of The Flight Of The Phoenix where Brennan is a nautical version of what James Stewart was in the air. Automation and instruments are fine, but unless you can sail by stars and compass and I do mean sail because steam and diesel power boats can run out of fuel you are no kind of sailor.
And that's a lesson his family seems to have forgotten as one daughter is getting married to a confirmed landlubber and another daughter has dumped longtime boyfriend Lyle Talbot for the son of a man whose business is about to merge and takeover Brennan's.
So Brennan arranges a little south sea voyage for the whole lot of them and has a preplanned shipwreck on a deserted island that would seem like home to the Gilligan's Island castaways. And it's as primitive as can be.
Brennan has no leading players to steal scenes from, so he's given a full head of steam by the director. His only competition is that of Georgia Caine who is the wife of William Davidson whom Brennan's business was merging with. Mary Brian is good as Brennan's feisty daughter whom he'd like to get back together with Talbot.
Definitely for fans for Walter Brennan.