The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 16m.
Synopsis
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
122 audience votes
Key crew
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Josef von SternbergDirector
- John Monk SaundersWriter
- Julian JohnsonWriter
Cast
- George BancroftBill Roberts
- Betty CompsonMae
- Olga BaclanovaLou
- Clyde Cook'Sugar' Steve
- Mitchell LewisAndy
- Guy OliverThe Crimp
- May FosterMrs. Crimp
- Lillian WorthSteve's Girl
- Gustav von SeyffertitzHymn Book Harry
- Richard AlexanderLou's Sweetheart (uncredited)
- George IrvingNight Court Judge (uncredited)
- John KellySailor Barfly (uncredited)