About: Waterfront (1950 film)
Waterfront is a 1950 British black and white drama film directed by Michael Anderson and starring Robert Newton, Kathleen Harrison and Avis Scott. The screenplay concerns a sailor who abandons his family in the Liverpool slums. He returns years later causing family frictions. Adapted from the 1934 novel of the same title by Liverpool-born writer John Brophy, it was released in the United States as Waterfront Women. Although often forgotten, it features a young (aged 25) Richard Burton in his third film appearance.
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