SAIL AWAY ON A CRUISE OF MERRIMENT & MELODY
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in disgrace, joins a riverboat troupe as a singer, acquires a reputation as a crackshot after a saloon brawl in which the villain of the piece accidentally kills himself with his own gun, falls in love with his former fianceé's sister and finally bullies an apprehensive family into accepting him.
- 6.7
- 1935
- Released
- 1h 13m
Bing Crosby
Tom Grayson
W.C. Fields
Commodore Jackson
Joan Bennett
Lucy
Queenie Smith
Alabam
Gail Patrick
Elvira
Claude Gillingwater
General Rumford
John Miljan
Major Patterson
Jan Duggan
Thrilled Passenger in Pilot House
Fred Kohler
Captain Blackie
Edward Pawley
Joe Patterson
Paul Hurst
Hefty
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Miss Markham
John Larkin
Rumbo
Libby Taylor
Lavinia
Stanley Andrews
Gambler (uncredited)
King Baggot
Gambler (uncredited)Roy Bailey
Pianist (uncredited)
Matthew Betz
Man at Bar (uncredited)William A. Boardway
Party Guest (uncredited)Mary Ellen Brown
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
James Burke
Skeptical Passenger in Pilot House (uncredited)Jack Carlyle
Referee (uncredited)
Helene Chadwick
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)Harry Cody
Abner, the Bartender (uncredited)
Bruce Covington
Colonel (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
Bartender (uncredited)George Ford
Party Guest (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
Mahlon Hamilton
Gambler (uncredited)Bill Harwood
Party Guest (uncredited)Bill Howard
Man in Auditorium (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Man at Bar (uncredited)
Charles King
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Party Guest (uncredited)Bert Lindley
Leadsman (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Gambler (uncredited)
Francis McDonald
Gambler (uncredited)
Jack Mulhall
Duelist (uncredited)
J.P. McGowan
Dealer (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie
Show Patron (uncredited)Arthur Millett
Leadsman (uncredited)
Harry Myers
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Dennis O'Keefe
Party Guest (uncredited)
Victor Potel
Guest (uncredited)Albert Richman
Gambler (uncredited)
Warner Richmond
Man in Bar Who Pulls Gun (uncredited)
Jean Rouverol
Lucy’s School Friend (uncredited)Dick Scott
Second (uncredited)
Ann Sheridan
Schoolgirl (uncredited)C.L. Sherwood
Relay Man (uncredited)
Oscar Smith
Valet (uncredited)Mildred Stone
Schoolgirl (uncredited)
Jerome Storm
Atendee at Opening (uncredited)Eddie Sturgis
Gambler (uncredited)
Forrest Taylor
Man at Bar Who Orders Sarsaparilla (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Leadsman (uncredited)
Mabel Van Buren
Woman in Auditorium (uncredited)Released
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- #based on novel or book
- #mississippi river
- #musical
- #pacifist
- #riverboat
- #showboat
- #brawl
- #19th century
Reviews
I sold this film to myself as simply a musical with W.C. Fields and Joan Bennett in it, and it worked for me in that regard. Worth a watch if you're intrigued by bizarrely-plotted musical comedies from the 30's.