Captain Applejack is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film, produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film was directed by Hobart Henley and stars John Halliday, Mary Brian, and Arthur Edmund Carewe. The film was based on a 1921 play of the same name, starring Wallace Eddinger and written by Walter Hackett. The play had previously been filmed as a silent film in 1923 under the title of Strangers of the Night.

Plot

Ambrose Applejohn lives in an extravagant old mansion with his ward, Poppy Faire, and his elderly aunt. Poppy is in love with Applejohn but he doesn't realize it and treats her like a child. Applejohn is bored with his sheltered, mundane life and craves excitement. He plans to sell the family mansion and use the money to travel around the world on a quest for adventure and excitement.