Waterfront (1950)
THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
- Date of release
- 1950-07-26
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (13)
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Michael Anderson
Casting
- Robert Newton — Peter McCabe
- Kathleen Harrison — Mrs. McCabe
- Avis Scott — Nora McCabe
- Susan Shaw — Connie McCabe
- Robin Netscher — George Alexander McCabe
- Richard Burton — Ben Satterthwaite
- Kenneth Griffith — Maurice Bruno
- Olive Sloane — Mrs. Gibson
- James Hayter — Ship's Captain
- Charles Victor — Bill
- Michael Brennan — Engineer
- Allan Jeayes — Prison Officer
Interesting facts
- Based on: Waterfront
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Waterfront is a 1950 British black and white drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison and Avis Scott. It was written by John Brophy and Paul Soskin based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Brophy.
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