Film

Waterfront

6.519501h 20mPGDrama

Age rating: PG
Director: Michael Anderson
Year: 1950

THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!

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.

Top cast

Robert Newton

Peter McCabe

Kathleen Harrison

Mrs. McCabe

Avis Scott

Nora McCabe

Susan Shaw

Connie McCabe

Robin Netscher

George Alexander McCabe

Richard Burton

Ben Satterthwaite

Kenneth Griffith

Maurice Bruno

Olive Sloane

Mrs. Gibson

James Hayter

Ship's Captain

Charles Victor

Bill

Michael Brennan

Engineer

Allan Jeayes

Prison Officer

Hattie Jacques

Singer

Kathleen Boutall

Mrs. Duncan

John Boxer

Policeman (uncredited)

Tony Britton

Deck-hand (uncredited)

Cyril Chamberlain

Reporter

Basil Cunard

Publican

Directed by

Michael Anderson

Written by

Paul Soskin

Produced by

Paul Soskin