Chubasco Synopsis & Summary

Synopsis

Chubasco (Christopher Jones) is a wayward youth who is given a choice by the presiding judge. His choices are go to jail or take an honest job on a fishing boat. He chooses to set sail, leaving behind his girl Bunny (Susan Strasberg) and her father Sebastian (Richard Egan), who obviously has it out for the wayward teen. He works on a tuna boat, learning to break free of a life of crime. He also meets a bordello madame named Angela (Ann Sothern) who may or may not be his mother. - Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Run Time:
100 min.
Production Co.:
Seven Arts, Warner Brothers
Director(s):
Genre(s):
Drama, Romance
Themes:
Kids in Trouble, Starting Over, Journey of Self-Discovery
Tone:
Intimate
Keywords:
boating, conflict, daughter, employer/employee, family-disapproval, father, fishing, fleet, generation-gap, going-straight, industry, love, marriage
Status: