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
- Mary Nolan as Belle
- Jason Robards Sr. as John Banning
- Marjorie Beebe as Rose Gillen
- John Davidson as Vance
- Max Davidson as Max Ranovich, the Detective
- Arthur Millett as Police Chief Rafferty
- Ernie Adams as Cookie
- Walter James as Phony Café Waiter
- George Chesebro as Vance's Henchman
- Hal Price as Vance's Henchman
- Charles McAvoy as Policeman
- Frank Meredith as Plainclothesman
- Paul Panzer as Café Waiter
References
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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.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0022826|title=Docks of San Francisco}}
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Category:1930s rediscovered films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by George B. Seitz
Category:Rediscovered American films
Category:Mayfair Pictures films
Category:1930s English-language films
Category:Films set in San Francisco
Category:English-language crime films
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