The read
It runs a compact 57m.
Synopsis
Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low characters trying to make time with Helen and ex-rum runners trying to make a dishonest dollar. Some of the latter, including Helen's unwelcome suitor Martin Rhodes, are after a mysterious, valuable hidden "cargo"; when violence erupts, Helen finds herself innocently involved, and is soon on the run from both cops and crooks.
Ratings
IMDb5.7/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Lew LandersDirector
- Marcus GoodrichScreenplay
Cast
- Margot GrahameHelen Roberts
- Gordon JonesMartin Rhodes
- Vinton HayworthGeorge Skinner
- Marc LawrenceDorn
- Billy GilbertTorre
- Don 'Red' BarryMario Rigo
- Otto YamaokaFong
- Paul StantonDistrict Attorney
- Arthur LoftBorgum
- Walter MillerPolice Inspector
- Ernie AdamsDiner Who Gets Indigestion
- Willie BestBlack Pedestrian
Stills
Themes
waitresswaterfrontprobation