The Docks of New York
(1928)
★ 7 IMDb · 121 votes
Year: 1928
Runtime: 76 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: George Bancroft, Бетти Компсон, Olga Baclanova, Clyde Cook, Mitchell Lewis, Гай Оливер, May Foster, Lillian Worth, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Richard Alexander
Plot
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. It's dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy, who seems to enjoy making their life miserable. When finally off the ship, Bill sees a young woman struggling in the water - apparently trying to commit suicide. He takes her to the Sandbar saloon, the sailors' hangout. The girl is Mae and Bill takes a shine to her but so does Andy. One thing leads to another and Bill asks her to marry him then and there. They don't have a marriage ;licence however and despite Bill promising to get one first thing the morning he decides to leave her behind. When she gets into trouble however, Bill steps in.