An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Claudia Coleman
- Mother Morgan
- (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
- Gossip with Telescope
- (uncredited)
George Humbert
- Tony Silva
- (uncredited)
Rosita Marstini
- Mrs. Silva
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
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- TriviaThe composition "I Cover the Waterfront" became a popular jazz standard, in both vocal and instrumental versions, and was performed and recorded by many bands and vocalists from the 1930s on. Originally, the book the movie was based on inspired the tune; it was not written for the movie. However, the movie was re-scored just before its release to include the tune as an instrumental. Written by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman, the song went on to become a jazz standard recorded by many artists, including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, The Ink Spots, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.
- GoofsThe news items about a woman giving birth in a water taxi, and the Empress of Britain docking that Joe reports over the telephone to the reporter at the news desk, had already appeared in print under his byline in the newspaper shown in the preceding sequence.
- Quotes
Julie Kirk: I'm afraid of tomorrow, without you.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are shown as if displayed on a front page of a newspaper with headlines and photos.
- Alternate versionsCut to 58 minutes in some DVD releases.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Miss London Ltd. (1943)
- SoundtracksI COVER THE WATERFRONT
(uncredited)
Music by Johnny Green
Played during main title and quoted in the score
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Ben Lyons Is The Problem
Ben Lyons is a reporter assigned to cover the San Diego waterfront. Someone has been smuggling Chinese people in, and Lyons thinks it's Ernest Torrence in his last role. He also tries to seduce Torrence's daughter, Claudette Colbert.. but she's interested in love, not just sex.
The copy I looked at was the result of a recent restoration. While the sound was perfect, the visuals were a bit off.
Which pretty much covers how I feel about the movie. There's potentially interestingly written characters, like Hobart Cavanaugh's "One Punch McCoy", but they never seem to affect Ben Lyon's mood. He hates his job, he wants the story, he desires Colbert, and nothing anyone does -- including him -- seems to change that. Miss Colbert swimming naked in the sea, indicated S&M overtones in a torture chamber from Spanish days, even Miss Colbert cleaning the windows of his place so he can actually sea the waterfront doesn't affect him, even with a mandatory happy ending to the script, and that's why I think this movie isn't a pre-code classic.
The copy I looked at was the result of a recent restoration. While the sound was perfect, the visuals were a bit off.
Which pretty much covers how I feel about the movie. There's potentially interestingly written characters, like Hobart Cavanaugh's "One Punch McCoy", but they never seem to affect Ben Lyon's mood. He hates his job, he wants the story, he desires Colbert, and nothing anyone does -- including him -- seems to change that. Miss Colbert swimming naked in the sea, indicated S&M overtones in a torture chamber from Spanish days, even Miss Colbert cleaning the windows of his place so he can actually sea the waterfront doesn't affect him, even with a mandatory happy ending to the script, and that's why I think this movie isn't a pre-code classic.
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- Sep 15, 2023
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- Also known as
- İnsan kaçakçıları
- Filming locations
- San Pedro, California, USA(harbor and waterfront scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was I Cover the Waterfront (1933) officially released in Canada in English?
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