Mississippi riverboat captain Ernest Torrence contends with rival Tom McGuire, whose daughter Marion Byron is sweet on the former’s scarcely ship-shape son Keaton, who has to step up once a cyclone descends. Keaton refines themes including generational pride, and also finesses escalating jeopardy, including the iconic ne plus ultra of his still-astonishing collapsing-structure tableaux, achieved within a mere three-inch margin of error.

U.S. premiere of 4K restoration