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Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giving them both a renewed chance at life.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes75%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- David S. WardDirector
- David S. WardWriter
- Jack NitzscheOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nick NolteDoc
- Debra WingerSuzy DeSoto
- Audra LindleyFauna Flood
- Frank McRaeHazel
- M. Emmet WalshMack
- Tom MahoneyHughie
- John MalloyJones
- James KeaneEddie
- Sunshine ParkerThe Seer
- Santos MoralesJoseph and Mary
- John HustonNarrator
- Ellen BlakeWisteria
Stills
Themes
californiaprostitutebased on novel or bookmarine biologistoctopusbordellodriftercannerybrothel madamcostume party1940smonterey