Overview
Captain Caution is a 1940 American adventure film directed by Richard Wallace set during the War of 1812. The film stars Victor Mature, Bruce Cabot and Alan Ladd. It was based on the novel of the same name by Kenneth Roberts. Elmer Raguse was nominated for an Academy Award for Sound Recording.
Plot
Cast
Victor Mature as Daniel 'Dan' Marvin
Louise Platt as Corunna Dorman
Leo Carrillo as Lucien Argandeau
Bruce Cabot as Lehrman Slade
Robert Barrat as Capt. Dorman
Vivienne Osborne as Victorine Argandeau
Miles Mander as Lieut. Strope
El Brendel as Slushy
Roscoe Ates as Chips
Andrew Tombes as Sad Eyes
Aubrey Mather as Mr. Henry Potter
Alan Ladd as Newton – Mutinous Sailor
Leyland Hodgson as British Ship's Brig Officer
Lloyd Corrigan as Capt. Stannage
Pierre Watkin as American Consul
Cliff Severn as Travers
Bud Jamison as Blinks
James Dime as a sailor
Olaf Hytten as Stannage's Aide (uncredited)
Ethan Laidlaw as Prisoner (uncredited)
Production
Kenneth Roberts' novel was published in 1934 and became a best seller. Film rights were bought by Hal Roach, who made the film as part of a five-picture deal he had with United Artists. (The others were The Housekeeper's Daughter, One Million Years BC, Of Mice and Men and a novel by Thorne Smith.) Eugene Sollow was assigned to write the script.
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