‘Captains Courageous’: School at Sea

A great cast brings Kipling’s coming-of-age story to life.

(L–R) Harvey Cheyne (Freddie Bartholomew), Capt. Disko Troop (Lionel Barrymore), and Manuel (Spencer Tracy), in “Captains Courageous.” MGM

NR | 1h 57min | Drama | 1937

Screenwriters John Lee Mahin, Marc Connelly, and Dale Van Every adapted Rudyard Kipling’s adventure novel “Captains Courageous” to tell an early 20th-century coming-of-age story.