Cannery Row (film)

Cannery Row is the title of a 1982 film directed by David S. Ward. It stars Nick Nolte and Debra Winger. The movie is adapted from John Steinbecks novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.

Doc Nick Nolte, a selfemployed marine biologist, lives in a dockside warehouse and researches octopuses. Suzy DeSoto Debra Winger, a girl from the local bordello, is working there only out of necessity.A collection of linked vignettes describes life on Cannery Row. It is depicted as an impoverished area inhabited by a motley band of people who have experienced failures but somehow have found their niche and a community of strangely kindred souls. ........

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