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Director
  
Terry O. Morse

Music director
  
Heinz Eric Roemheld

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Action, Crime, Drama

Cinematography
  
James Van Trees

Country
  
USA


Release date
  
July 15, 1939

Writer
  
Kenyon Nicholson (play), Lee Katz (screenplay), Arthur Ripley (screenplay)

Cast
  
Dennis Morgan
(Jim Dolan),
Gloria Dickson
(Ann Stacey),
Marie Wilson
(Ruby Waters),
Sheila Bromley
(Marie Cordell aka Mary Allen),
Larry Williams
(Frankie Donahue),
Aldrich Bowker
(Father Dunn)

Similar movies
  
British Intelligence (1940)

Tagline
  
THEY TURN THE 'Waterfront

Clyde waterfront in 1939


Waterfront is a 1939 action–crime drama film directed by Terry O. Morse. It was adapted from the play Blind Spot by Kenyon Nicholson. It is preserved at the Library of Congress and produced & released by Warner Brothers. Waterfront stars Gloria Dickson, Dennis Morgan, and Marie Wilson.

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Plot

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Jim Dolen (Morgan), head of a dock-worker's union, can't resist a good fight, Jim meets until Ann Stacey (Dickson) who makes him promise to give up fighting to marry her. When his brother Dan Dolen (Gardner) is killed by Mart Hendler (Bond]). Jim, with the aid of his pal Frankie Donahue (Williams), sneaks out to go after Mart. Mart is hiding out with his girlfriend Marie (Bromley).

Cast

  • Gloria Dickson as Ann Stacey
  • Dennis Morgan as James 'Jim' Dolan
  • Marie Wilson as Ruby Waters
  • Sheila Bromley as Marie Cordell
  • Larry Williams as Frankie Donahue
  • Aldrich Bowker as Father Dunn
  • Frank Faylen as Skids Riley
  • Ward Bond as Mart Hendler
  • Arthur Gardner as Dan Dolan
  • George Lloyd as Joe Becker

    • References

    Waterfront (1939 film) Wikipedia
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    Waterfront (1939 film) IMDb Waterfront (1939 film) themoviedb.org