The Docks of New York

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

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

May Foster

as Mrs. Crimp

Lillian Worth

as Steve's Girl

Gustav von Seyffertitz

as Hymn Book Harry

Richard Alexander

as Lou's Sweetheart (uncredited)

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is a beautiful example of the film-makers craft. Josef von Sternberg and Harold Rosson have created a thing of aesthetic beauty coupled with an interesting - if not especially deep - character study of two people George Bancroft ("Bill") and Betty Compson ("Mae)". The camera loves both of them ...

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