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The Docks of New York

1928·76 min

The Docks of New York

Directed by Josef von Sternberg

DramaRomance

A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

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George Bancroft

Bill Roberts

Mae

Lou

'Sugar' Steve

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Josef von Sternberg

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Director of Photography

John Monk Saunders

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The Docks of New York (1928) is about a blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.

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Josef von Sternberg directed The Docks of New York (1928).

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