Waterfront (1952)

  • NR
  • 02/01/1952 (US)
  • Drama
  • 1h 20m

THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!

Overview

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.

Michael Anderson

Director

Paul Soskin

Screenplay

John Brophy

Novel

Cast

Robert Newton's headshot

Robert Newton

Peter McCabe
Kathleen Harrison's headshot

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. McCabe
Avis Scott's headshot

Avis Scott

Nora McCabe
Susan Shaw's headshot

Susan Shaw

Connie McCabe
Robin Netscher's headshot

Robin Netscher

George Alexander McCabe
Richard Burton's headshot

Richard Burton

Ben Satterthwaite
Kenneth Griffith's headshot

Kenneth Griffith

Maurice Bruno
Olive Sloane's headshot

Olive Sloane

Mrs. Gibson

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