Three retired sea captains living together in genteel squalor. They scheme to improve their fortunes by having one of them solicit a bride through an ad in a Boston newspaper. The loser of a coin toss must get married and take in the other two as boarders. But upon the arrival of the Nantucket woman selected from the applicants, the captains get cold feet.
as Capt. Zebulon Hedge
as Capt. Jeremiah Burgess
as Capt. Perez Ryder
as Martha
as John Bartlett
as Ralph Hazeltine
as Elisabeth Preston
as Melissa Busteed
as Web Saunders
as Melodeon Player
as Luther Norris
as Squealer Wixon
as Bluey Bachelder
as Dr. Palmer
as Rev. Perley
as Mrs. Small
as Pasha Norris
as Ben
as Solomon Bangs
as Young Boy
as Lorenzo the cat
as Web Saunder's dog