- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release: 1982-02-12
- Director: David S. Ward
- Writers: John Steinbeck , David S. Ward
- Language: English
- Stars: Nick Nolte , Debra Winger , Audra Lindley , Frank McRae , M. Emmet Walsh , Tom Mahoney , John Malloy , James Keane , Sunshine Parker , Santos Morales
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Paixões sem Destino (Brazil) , Cannery Row (Australia) , Torstai on toivoa täynnä (Finland) , Et mægtigt gilde (Denmark) , Cannery Row , Улица *Консервна* (Bulgaria) , Die Straße der Ölsardinen (Germany) , A kék öböl (Hungary) , Destinos sin rumbo (Spain) , 吹きだまりの町 (Japan) , John Steinbeck's Cannery Row , Bairro da Lata (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Destinos sin rumbo (Argentina) , Esquecendo o Passado (Brazil) , Cannery Row (Canada) , Hyvien ihmisten juhla (Finland) , Консервный ряд , Cannery Row (United States of America) , Ulica Nadbrzeżna (Poland) , Rue de la sardine (France, French Republic) , Cannery Row (United Kingdom) , Die Straße der Ölsardinen , Cannery Row
- Plot: Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling marine specimens for research. He is a lost soul who is looking for his place in life. He is running away from his past, one where he is trying to make amends for what he considers a past wrong. But his current life isn't totally satisfying either. He believes that his recent collection of eight baby octopi will help him define that future in conducting research on their behavior. However, he is finding that research is not as easy as he had hoped, and that he is still feeling restless. Into the area comes drifter Suzy DeSoto. She too is a lost soul. With few job skills, she gets a job as what she calls a floozy in the local whorehouse, despite her openly headstrong demeanor not making her well suited to the work. Doc and Suzy are immediately attracted to each other, but theirs is a clash of personalities, despite each truly liking the other. The other residents of Cannery Row do their part for a Doc/Suzy coupling, not always with successful results. Doc and Suzy will first have to find their own lot in life before they can commit to someone else, be it the other or anyone else.
- IMDB:tt0083717
Cannery Row Cast · · · ALL
David S. Ward
Director
Nick Nolte
Doc
Debra Winger
Suzy DeSoto
Audra Lindley
Fauna Flood
Frank McRae
Hazel
M. Emmet Walsh
Mack
John Malloy
Jones
James Keane
Eddie
Sunshine Parker
The Seer
Santos Morales
Joseph and Mary
John Huston
Narrator
Ellen Blake
Wisteria
Kathleen Doyle
Violet
Mary Margaret Amato
Lola
Brenda Hillhouse
Martha
Judy Kerr
Beer Milkshake Waitress
Tom Pletts
Doctor
William Bronder
Suzy's Trick
Rosanna DeSoto
Ellen Sedgewick
Walter Mathews
Sonny
Art LaFleur
Doorman
Carl Ciarfalio
Tackle
Reid Rondell
Frat Boy #1
John Meier
(I)
Frat Boy #2
Scott Wilder
Frat Boy #4
Gilbert B. Combs
Frat Boy #5