Docks of San Francisco explained

Docks of San Francisco
Director:	George B. Seitz
Producer:	Ralph M. Like Cliff P. Broughton
Starring:	Mary Nolan Jason Robards Sr. Marjorie Beebe
Cinematography:	Edward Cronjager
Editing:	Ralph Dixon Byron Robinson
Studio:	Action Pictures
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.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3]

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NY Times: Docks of San Francisco. June 23, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121104163453/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/89642/Docks-of-San-Francisco/overview. November 4, 2012. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Sandra Brennan. 2012. dead.
2. Pitts p.241
3. http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5617 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:The Docks of San Francisco