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I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

I Cover the Waterfront poster
Directed by
James Cruze
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 15m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A newspaper reporter looks into a smuggling ring along the docks. He meets a woman whose father is his main suspect, and they begin a romance.

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What happens

I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrence, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Based on then best-selling novel by Max Miller, a reporter for the San Diego Sun, the film is about a reporter who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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