The Docks of New York
Sep 16 1928
•1h 16m
•Drama, Romance
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
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George Bancroft
Bill Roberts
Betty Compson
Mae
Olga Baclanova
Lou
Clyde Cook
'Sugar' Steve
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