Waterfront (1950)

Directors

Michael Anderson

Cast

Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison, Avis Scott, Susan Shaw

The story

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe goes to sea in 1919, he leaves his long-suffering wife impoverished, with two young daughters and a son born soon after his departure. Despite his assurances to his elder daughter, Nora, he does not return or even send word. The family live in a Liverpool slum near the waterfront.

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