An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Claudia Coleman
- Mother Morgan
- (uncredited)
Lillian Harmer
- Gossip with Telescope
- (uncredited)
George Humbert
- Tony Silva
- (uncredited)
Rosita Marstini
- Mrs. Silva
- (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThe composition "I Cover the Waterfront" became a popular jazz standard, in both vocal and instrumental versions, and was performed and recorded by many bands and vocalists from the 1930s on. Originally, the book the movie was based on inspired the tune; it was not written for the movie. However, the movie was re-scored just before its release to include the tune as an instrumental. Written by Johnny Green and Edward Heyman, the song went on to become a jazz standard recorded by many artists, including Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatra, The Ink Spots, and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.
- GoofsThe news items about a woman giving birth in a water taxi, and the Empress of Britain docking that Joe reports over the telephone to the reporter at the news desk, had already appeared in print under his byline in the newspaper shown in the preceding sequence.
- Quotes
Julie Kirk: I'm afraid of tomorrow, without you.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits are shown as if displayed on a front page of a newspaper with headlines and photos.
- Alternate versionsCut to 58 minutes in some DVD releases.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Miss London Ltd. (1943)
- SoundtracksI COVER THE WATERFRONT
(uncredited)
Music by Johnny Green
Played during main title and quoted in the score
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Claudette Colbert on the waterfront
Ben Lyon and a thirty year old Claudette Colbert star in this "newspaper reporter stumbles into something big" deal. Lyon is reporter Joe Miller, who bumps into Julie Kirk.. she just HAPPENS to be the daughter of smuggler Eli Kirk, but Miller wants the chance to investigate. This one moves a bit slow, and we spend a lot of time following the fishing antics of Julie's father. Miller discovers quite a bit about the father, but will have to follow it through. Based on the book by Max Miller. Miller also wrote "Hell and High Water", but Turner Classics must not have that one, since there are no rating votes on that. There IS quite a bit of bio information at the Online Archive of California, apparently from his collection of papers at U.C. San Diego. Interesting to note that the lead is a reporter named "Miller", in a story written by a reporter named "Miller"... Film directed by James Cruze, who had started as an actor in the wee days of silent films, but crossed over to directing in the 1920s. Lyon had been in silent films for YEARS, but Colbert had only been in the biz a couple years. It's pretty good. Drags in some places. Story itself is pretty solid... just moves kind of slow.
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- Also known as
- İnsan kaçakçıları
- Filming locations
- San Pedro, California, USA(harbor and waterfront scenes)
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- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was I Cover the Waterfront (1933) officially released in Canada in English?
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