The Man at the Gate (1941)
- Directed by
- Norman Walker
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 48 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A dock worker struggles with his conscience and family obligations during wartime. The film follows his personal journey as he faces a moral choice.
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What happens
The Man at the Gate (Also known as Better than Light ; U.S. title: Men of the Sea ) is a 1941 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Wilfrid Lawson. It was written by Lydia Hayward and Harold Simpson from a story by H. Manning Haynes and the 1908 poem The Gate of the Year by Minnie Louise Haskins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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