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Release Date: 1933

Cast: Maurice Black, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence, Wilfred Lucas, Harry Beresford, Claudette Colbert, Purnell Pratt

Categories: Movies, Black-And-White, Crime Thriller, Crime, Romance Film, Drama Film, Romantic Drama

I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 film, based on the book of the same name by Max Miller. The film was directed by James Cruze and stars Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrance, and Hobart Cavanaugh. A reporter investigates a dockland smuggling operation, and, in the process, becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. The film's title song (which appears in the film only as an instrumental) was written by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman. The song has gone on to become a jazz standard, having been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Billie... MORE

I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 film, based on the book of the same name by Max Miller. The film was directed by James Cruze and stars Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrance, and Hobart Cavanaugh. A reporter investigates a dockland smuggling operation, and, in the process, becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating. The film's title song (which appears in the film only as an instrumental) was written by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman. The song has gone on to become a jazz standard, having been recorded by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Billie Holiday, among others. LESS