The Captain is a Lady

You'll say "I don't know when I've laughed so much"!

The Captain is a Lady — Plot

Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single women are allowed, the Captain has to make other arrangements. However, after witnessing their tearful goodbye, the home's residents vote to allow the couple to move in together. The Captain is a reluctant lodger, uncomfortable at being surrounded by so much femininity, and bristles when his pals start referring to him as "Old Lady". The time has come for Captain Peabody to reassert his manhood!

• Release date
• June 21, 1940
• Runtime
• 65 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Robert B. Sinclair

The Captain is a Lady — Cast

Charles Coburn Captain Abe Peabody Beulah Bondi Angie Peabody Virginia Grey Mary Peabody Helen Broderick Nancy Crocker Billie Burke Blossy Stort Dan Dailey Perth Nickerson (as Dan Dailey Jr.) Helen Westley Abigail Morrow Cecil Cunningham Mrs. Jane Homans