Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.
Acting
Mickey Rooney steals every scene with chaotic bestie energy.
Production
Authentic sailing ship sets that actually rock and creak.
Director
Sam Wood
Freddie Bartholomew
Geoffrey Braemer
Mickey Rooney
Terry O'Mulvaney
Charles Coburn
Captain Briggs
Herbert Mundin
Bosun 'Crusty' Jelks
Terry Kilburn
Albert Baker
Gale Sondergaard
Doris Clandon
Peter Lawford
Benny Potter
Walter Tetley
Tommy Thrums
George Zucco
James 'Jim' Hampstead
Matthew Boulton
Inspector Scott
Emma Dunn
Mrs. Briggs
Monty Woolley
Jeweler
Gilbert Emery
Magistrate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Freddie Bartholomew was MGM's highest-paid child star when he made this, earning $2,500 weekly—more than most adult contract players.
The 'Boys Town' craze of the late 1930s made reform school redemption stories box office gold; this rode that wave with extra nautical flavor.
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