Drama ·Romance · United States of America · 1928 · 1h 16m

The Docks of New York

The Docks of New York poster
Director
Josef von Sternberg
Cast
George Bancroft as Bill Roberts Betty Compson as Mae Olga Baclanova as Lou Clyde Cook as 'Sugar' Steve Mitchell Lewis as Andy Guy Oliver as The Crimp
Crew
Harold Rosson — Director of Photography Helen Lewis — Editor Jules Furthman — Screenplay Julian Johnson — Writer John Monk Saunders — Writer Jules Furthman — Story
Synopsis

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

Mood & Themes
prisonnew york cityshipsuicide attempthabor
Key Collaborators
Josef von Sternberg Director Harold Rosson Director of Photography Helen Lewis Editor Jules Furthman Screenplay Julian Johnson Writer John Monk Saunders Writer Jules Furthman Story Josef von Sternberg Producer
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