Cannery Row is the title of a 1982 film directed by David S. Ward. The movie is adapted from John Steinbeck's novels Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday.

The movie is about the skid row citizens of Monterey, California, set on the row during World War II. As declining fish stocks are shutting down a previously rich fishery and the dependent fish canning industry, bums and hookers lead colorful and adventurous lives in a balmy seaside setting.

Nolte plays Doc, a marine biologist living in a dockside warehouse and researching octopuses. Winger is Suzy DeSoto, a girl at the local bordello. She's not very good at it, as she's only doing it out of necessity and she doesn't cover her feelings very well. Nolte's character was inspired by the life and personality of Ed Ricketts, American marine biology pioneer based in Monterey.

A depressed section of Monterey, California, known as Cannery Row from its string of now-empty canning plants is the backdrop for an offbeat romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched lovers. Doc is a lonely marine biologist (and former baseball star) who supplies specimens for science labs and classrooms. Suzy is a scrappy drifter who can't even succeed as a prostitute because of her abrasive manner. When the two get together, it's fireworks, though not the romantic kind. Not to worry, everything is in the hands of Cannery Row's resident guardian angels, Mack and the boys, a band of drunken derelicts whose hearts are in the right place, even though their brains are not. Written by P. Silvestro