Waterfront (1950)

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A dockworker in Liverpool struggles with dangerous work and family tensions. The story follows his choices as they affect those around him.

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What happens

Waterfront (also known as Waterfront Women) 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. It features a young (aged 25) Richard Burton in his third film appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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