
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