Portuguese. And yes, they pull a rich boy out of the drink. He'd fallen
off daddy's yacht. Excellent footage of real fishing schooners.

Tracy did not like his performance, but I think it is fine.


The old B&W "Captains Courageous" with Spencer Tracy (try you
library) has incredible real footage of large fishing schooners being
sailed harder than you can believe. One even was dismasted and the
story re-written around it.


You know what, I think I saw that one. Was he an older spanish speaker
sailor - he was looking after a young kid who was aboard and there was
an accident at the end? And he always had something -like a razor or a
pen knife or something - or he played an instrument - can't quite
remember. Is that the movie?

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Did anyone ever see the movie "The Buccaneer" about a pirate named Jean
Lifite who helped Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812? There was the 1938
version and a remake in 1958 with Yul Brenner - I don't like the
remake. The 1st one was directed by Cecil B Demille - it's excellent!