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Watch The Docks of New York Full Movie

Run Time: 1h 16m.

IMDb: 7.5 / 10.

Genre: film-noir movies | drama movies | crime movies

Release year: 1928.

Story: A blue-collar worker on New Yorks depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

Bill Roberts works as a stoker on a coal-red barge. Its dirty, hard work and the men have to put up with a foreman, Andy, who seems to enjoy making their life miserable. When finally off the ship, Bill sees a young woman struggling in the water - apparently trying to commit suicide. He takes her to the Sandbar saloon, the sailors hangout. The girl is Mae and Bill takes a shine to her but so does Andy. One thing leads to another and Bill asks her to marry him then and there. They dont have a marriage ;licence however and despite Bill promising to get one first thing the morning he decides to leave her behind. When she gets into trouble however, Bill steps in.

The ship on which Bill Roberts is a stoker has just put into port, giving the crew one night ashore. The ships bad-tempered third engineer orders the stokers to clean up, while the engineer heads for a dockside bar, where he has a confrontation with the wife he had abandoned. Then, as Bill himself goes ashore, he sees a young woman attempt to drown herself. Bill dives in, saves her, and then, assisted by the engineers wife, sees that she is cared for. Bill and the rescued woman begin to enjoy one anothers company, but they must contend with the malice of the engineer, as well as a number of other complications.

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