Docks of San Francisco

{{short description|1932 film}}

{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the 1940 film The San Francisco Docks.}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Docks of San Francisco

| image = Docks of San Francisco FilmPoster.jpeg

| caption = Film poster

| director = George B. Seitz

| producer = Ralph M. Like
Cliff P. Broughton

| writer = H. H. Van Loan

| starring = Mary Nolan
Jason Robards Sr.
Marjorie Beebe

| cinematography = Edward Cronjager

| editing = Ralph Dixon
Byron Robinson

| studio = Action Pictures

| distributor = Mayfair Pictures

| released = {{film date|1932|2|1}}

| runtime = 64 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Docks of San Francisco is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Mary Nolan, Jason Robards Sr. and Marjorie Beebe.{{cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89642/Docks-of-San-Francisco/overview|title=NY Times: Docks of San Francisco|access-date=June 23, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163453/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89642/Docks-of-San-Francisco/overview|archive-date=November 4, 2012|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Sandra Brennan|date=2012|url-status=dead}}Pitts p.241 It was originally released by Mayfair Pictures, and later re-released by Commonwealth Pictures in 1948. The film was long considered to be a lost film but is now on YouTube.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5617 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Docks of San Francisco]

Plot

A café waitress becomes a small-time gangster's mistress and a novelist decides to rescue her from the gangster's clutches.

Cast

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Bibliography

  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.