Cast:Nick Nolte, Debra Winger, Audra Lindley, Frank McRae, M. Emmet Walsh, Tom Mahoney, John Malloy, James Keane, Sunshine Parker, Santos Morales, John Huston, Ellen Blake, Sharon Ernster, Kathleen Doyle, Mary Margaret Amato, Brenda Hillhouse, Mariko Tse, Colleen O'Grady, Tona Dodd, Judy Kerr, Tom Pletts, William Bronder, Rosanna DeSoto, Walter Mathews, Art LaFleur, Joshua Lawrence, Joe Michael Terry, Carl Ciarfalio, Reid Rondell, John Meier
Synopsis
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, ..
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