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The Docks of New York

    Drama
    Romance
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Sep 16, 1928
Rated NR

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

Details

  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    7.0
  • Vote Count
    97
  • Popularity
    6
  • Language
    No Language
  • Origin Country
    US

Cast

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George Bancroft
Bill Roberts
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Betty Compson
Mae
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Olga Baclanova
Lou
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Clyde Cook
'Sugar' Steve
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Mitchell Lewis
Andy
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Guy Oliver
The Crimp
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May Foster
Mrs. Crimp
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Lillian Worth
Steve's Girl
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Gustav von Seyffertitz
Hymn Book Harry
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Richard Alexander
Lou's Sweetheart (uncredited)
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George Irving
Night Court Judge (uncredited)
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John Kelly
Sailor Barfly (uncredited)
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Charles McMurphy
Policeman (uncredited)
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Bob Reeves
Court Bailiff (uncredited)

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Reviews

(1)
CinemaSerf
70%
This is a beautiful example of the film-makers craft. Josef von Sternberg and Harold Rosson have created a thing of aesthetic beauty coupled with an interesting - if not especially deep - character study of two people George Bancroft ("Bill") and Betty Compson ("Mae)". The camera loves both of them - and interestingly for the late 1920s, it is not shy in illustrating the beauty of the male physique as well as the beauty of both Compson and Olga Baclanova ("Lou"). The story isn't really the main feature of the film: "Bill" is a stoker on the docks where he encounters a potential suicide victim - the disillusioned hooker "Mae" with whom he soon bonds - much to the frustration of his ex wife "Lou". It is almost totally devoid of sentiment, it is gritty, earthy and although to look at the pair, their love appears unlikely, it does engage with some almost crude, witty, interventions from "Lou" to keep the story entertaining as well as stylish. I am a fan of most of JVS's films - the "Scarlett Empress" (1934) being my favourite, but this one is up there...