Plymouth Adventure (1952)

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Release Date: Nov 14, 1952 Wide

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Release Date: Nov 14, 1952 Wide

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Plymouth Adventure earned a footnote in film history as the last directorial effort by the prolific Clarence Brown. Otherwise, this colorful re-creation of the Pilgrims' journey to America is a workmanlike job, never inspired but always interesting. Spencer Tracy stars as bull-stubborn Captain Christopher Jones, who intends to guide the Mayflower to its destination come Hell, high water or any other obstacle. Since Jones is spiritually "wed" to his job, the film's romantic angle is handled by

Unrated, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure, Classics

Directed By: Clarence Brown

Written By: Helen Deutsch

In Theaters: Nov 14, 1952 Wide

On DVD: Feb 5, 2002

Cast

Spencer Tracy
Capt. Christopher Jones
Gene Tierney
Dorothy Bradford
Van Johnson
John Alden
Lloyd Bridges
Coppin
Leo Genn
William Bradford
Dawn Addams
Priscilla Mullins
Barry Jones
William Brewster
Noel Drayton
Miles Standish
John Dehner
Gilbert Winslow
Tommy Ivo
William Button
Lowell Gilmore
Edward Winslow
Paul Cavanagh
John Carver
Noreen Corcoran
Ellen Moore
John Dierkes
Greene
Elizabeth Flournoy
Rose Standish
Ivis Goulding
Elizabeth Harrower
Dennis Hoey
Head Constable
Kathleen Lockhart
Mary Brewster
James Logan
Murray Matheson
Christopher Martin
Keith McConnell
Owen McGiveney
Matt Moore
William Mullins
Damian O'Flynn
Bill Self
Rhys Williams
Mr. Weston
Gene Coogan
Kay English
Loren B. Brown
Sailor

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If you're a student of American history this one will certainly make you cringe. Hollywood's fact altering melodrama casts Spencer Tracy as the captain of the Mayflower who, rather reluctantly, is charged with delivering pilgrims to the new world. With a shipload of recognizable faces that include Gene Tierney, Lloyd

February 14, 2009

Randy Tippy

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"The Growth of the Human Spirit brings it closer to all human beings, I was alone, now I'm with my Fellows" ~a formerly Crass & Jaded Capt. Christopher Jones (Spencer Tracy), Capt. of the Mayflower.This line may possibly be my favorite words ever spoken.A Rag Tag bunch of Misfit Pilgrim Quakers,their Trials &

July 28, 2011