Waterfront

6.409

80 minutes

7/26/1950

Overview

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.

Cast List

Robert Newton
as Peter McCabe
Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs. McCabe
Avis Scott
as Nora McCabe
Susan Shaw
as Connie McCabe
Robin Netscher
as George Alexander McCabe
Richard Burton
as Ben Satterthwaite
Kenneth Griffith
as Maurice Bruno
Olive Sloane
as Mrs. Gibson
James Hayter
as Ship's Captain
Charles Victor
as Bill
Michael Brennan
as Engineer
Allan Jeayes
as Prison Officer
Hattie Jacques
as Singer
Kathleen Boutall
as Mrs. Duncan
John Boxer
as Policeman (uncredited)
Tony Britton
as Deck-hand (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
as Reporter
Basil Cunard
as Publican
Alexander Field
as Mr. Simon (uncredited)
Arthur Hambling
as Police Sergeant
Glyn Houston
as Sailor (uncredited)
Duncan Lamont
as 3rd Engineer on Ship
Arthur Lovegrove
as Stoker
Josephine Middleton
as District Nurse
Edna Morris
as Mrs. Duncan (voice) (uncredited)
Anthony Oliver
as Prison Warder
Hal Osmond
as Witness in Street
Anita Sharp-Bolster
as Mrs. Simon
Julian Somers
as Mac
Patrick Troughton
as Sam (uncredited)
Elsie Wagstaff
as Mrs. Simon (voice) (uncredited)
Ben Williams
as Mr. Simon (voice) (uncredited)