Cannery Row
1982 · Movie · PG · 120 min · ★ 5.9 · 62% critics
In a faded seaside district, a quiet newcomer finds little comfort except a local brothel, where a spirited drifter changes the course of both their lives. Their growing connection offers humor, heart, and a hopeful chance to start over.
Also known as John Steinbeck's Cannery Row
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Details
- Years
- 1982
- Release date
- 1982-02-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (47 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy gentle, sentimental romances with quirky communities and a dreamy mood, somewhere between Urban Cowboy and The Four Seasons; Not for you if you want gritty realism or a fast-moving plot.
Pros: warm romantic chemistry; dreamy atmosphere; likable misfits | Cons: uneven tone; slow stretches; artificial feel
Themes
- california
- prostitute
- based on novel or book
- marine biologist
- octopus
- bordello
- drifter
- cannery
- brothel madam
- costume party
- 1940s
- monterey
Cast & crew
Nick Nolte
as Doc
Debra Winger
as Suzy DeSoto
Audra Lindley
as Fauna Flood
Frank McRae
as Hazel
M. Emmet Walsh
as Mack
- TM
Tom Mahoney
as Hughie
- JM
John Malloy
as Jones
James Keane
as Eddie
Sunshine Parker
as The Seer
Santos Morales
as Joseph and Mary
Directed by David S. Ward