Waterfront
This outstanding drama traces the turbulent life of a seaman brutalised by a life of hard work and hard drinking, and the challenges facing the three children he abandons as they struggle to make their way in Depression-era Liverpool. Featuring powerful performances from Robert Newton, Susan Shaw, Kathleen Harrison and a young Richard Burton – appearing here in only his third film – Waterfront is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio.
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...
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- Reference
- 7954190
- Year
- 1950
- Director
- Michael Anderson
- Actor
- Kenneth Griffith
- Media
- Film
- Format
- DVD
- Label
- The British Film
- Genre
- Drama
- Barcode
- 5027626419042
- Classification
- TBC
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Picture
- 1.33:1 / Black and White
- Sound
- Mono / English
- Subtitles
- English
- Region
- 2 / PAL
- Time
- 77 mins approx
- Reference
- 7954190
- Year
- 1950
- Director
- Michael Anderson
- Actor
- Kenneth Griffith
- Media
- Film
- Format
- DVD
- Label
- The British Film
- Genre
- Drama
- Barcode
- 5027626419042
- Classification
- TBC
- Number of Discs
- 1
- Picture
- 1.33:1 / Black and White
- Sound
- Mono / English
- Subtitles
- English
- Region
- 2 / PAL
- Time
- 77 mins approx