Cannery Row

1982, Movie, PG, 120 mins

Cannery Row: Review

Nick Nolte gives one of his finest performances in this somewhat mannered but absorbing adaptation of John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. A former star pitcher who can't forget his one disastrous mistake on the mound, Nolte lives in obscurity on the Monterey waterfront among the colorful down-and-outers who provide the film's amusing, sometimes hilarious antics. Nolte is also unable to decide how he feels about Debra Winger, the young hooker who loves him... read more leave a comment