I Cover the Waterfront
I Cover the Waterfront ★★½ 1933
A reporter is assigned to write about a boatman involved in a fishy scheme to smuggle Chinese immigrants into the country wrapped in shark skins. While trying to get the story, the journalist falls in love with the fisherman's daughter. Torrance passed away before its release. 70m/B VHS, DVD . Claudette Colbert, Ben Lyon, Ernest Torrence, Hobart Cavanaugh; D: James Cruze.
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