Waterfront (1954)

Genre

action & adventure, drama

Country

United States

Length

2 seasons, 81 episodes

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A harbor tugboat captain leads his crew through daily jobs and challenges around the Port of Los Angeles. The show follows his work and interactions with other maritime workers.

low-keyslice-of-lifeearnestworkplace-focusedmildly adventurousstraightforwardnostalgicgrounded

What happens

Waterfront is a syndicated half-hour American television drama series that starred Preston Foster as the captain of the harbor tug Cheryl Ann. The series was filmed 1954–1955 by Roland Reed Productions, Inc., for the Ziv Company, in part on location at the Port of Los Angeles. Although Foster had been a Broadway, Vaudeville, and Hollywood actor since his 20s, he grew up in coastal cities in New Jersey, worked as a clerk for a shipping company when he was 20, and was an officer in the United States Coast Guard during World War II. He was quoted as insisting on authenticity where possible in the production. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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