Docks of San Francisco

1932 film

  • February 1, 1932 (1932-02-01)
Running time
64 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Docks of San Francisco is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe.[1][2] It was originally released by Mayfair Pictures, and later re-released by Commonwealth Pictures in 1948. The film was long considered to be a lost film but is now on YouTube.[3]

Plot

A café waitress becomes a small-time gangster's mistress and a novelist decides to rescue her from the gangster's clutches.

Cast

  • Mary Nolan as Belle
  • Jason Robards Sr. as John Banning
  • Marjorie Beebe as Rose Gillen
  • John Davidson as Vance
  • Max Davidson as Max Ranovich, the Detective
  • Arthur Millett as Police Chief Rafferty
  • Ernie Adams as Cookie
  • Walter James as Phony Café Waiter
  • George Chesebro as Vance's Henchman
  • Hal Price as Vance's Henchman
  • Charles McAvoy as Policeman
  • Frank Meredith as Plainclothesman
  • Paul Panzer as Café Waiter

References

  1. ^ Sandra Brennan (2012). "NY Times: Docks of San Francisco". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 23, 2011.
  2. ^ Pitts p.241
  3. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Docks of San Francisco

Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

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