Waterfront
THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!
1950 · 1h 20m · N/A
Drama
Directed by
Michael Anderson
Overview
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
Director and cast
- Michael Anderson Director
- Robert Newton as Peter McCabe
- Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. McCabe
- Avis Scott as Nora McCabe
- Susan Shaw as Connie McCabe
- Robin Netscher as George Alexander McCabe
- Richard Burton as Ben Satterthwaite
- Kenneth Griffith as Maurice Bruno
- Olive Sloane as Mrs. Gibson
- James Hayter as Ship's Captain
- Charles Victor as Bill
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