Docks of San Francisco

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. 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.

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

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.

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