The Docks of New York Review: A Masterclass in Silent Atmosphere
The Docks of New York is one of those rare silent films that doesn't feel like a museum piece. If you are looking for a starting point for late-silent era cinema, or if you just wa...
The movie The Docks of New York was directed by Josef von Sternberg.
The Docks of New York was released in the year 1928.
The Docks of New York has an IMDb rating of 7.5 out of 10.
The Docks of New York is a movie from United States.
The Docks of New York is categorised as Romance, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.
The Docks of New York features Charles McMurphy, George Irving, May Foster, Olga Baclanova.
The screenplay for The Docks of New York was written by Julian Johnson, John Monk Saunders, Jules Furthman.
If you enjoy The Docks of New York, you might also like A Sister to Salome (1920), Man's Plaything (1920), The Key to Power (1920), Into the Light (1920).
Yes, The Docks of New York (1928) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Romance and Crime qualities.
Bill, a massive, soot-covered coal stoker, steps off his ship for a single night of shore leave in New York's roughest waterfront district. Within minutes, he pulls Mae, a desperate woman who has given up on life, out of the oily harbor water. To keep her from being arrested or returning to the river, Bill ends up 'marrying' her in a rowdy dive bar ceremony that starts as a joke but ends up carrying more weight than either expected. As the morning sun threatens to send Bill back to sea, both must decide if this accidental connection is worth more than their cynical lives.
Synopsis
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
