I Cover the Waterfront

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Cast

Ben Lyon
as H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

Claudette Colbert
as Julie Kirk

Ernest Torrence
as Eli Kirk

Hobart Cavanaugh
as McCoy

Maurice Black
as Ortegus

Harry Beresford
as Old Chris

Purnell Pratt
as John Phelps

George Humbert
as Silva

Rosita Marstini
as Mrs. Silva

Claudia Coleman
as Mother Morgan

Wilfred Lucas
as Randall

Lee Phelps
as Reporter

Al Hill
as Sailor

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• Mar 08, 2013

  In "I Cover the Waterfront," Joe Miller(Ben Lyon) is an aspiring novelist who has gotten bored with his beat on the waterfront, a job which McCoy(Hobart Cavanaugh), his new bunkmate, would kill for. That still does not explain why Miller is reluctant to cover reports of a skinny dipper. His interest perks up when he finds out it is Julie Kirk(Claudette Colbert) who is the daughter of Eli Kirk(Ernest Torrence) who is suspected of running a human smuggling ring. "I Cover the Waterfront" is a prime example of an early social issues drama. While I might not be surprised by the less than enlightened attitudes, I was kind of taken aback by the ignorance of the human cost involved and making the villain more than a little sympathetic in favor of a message against ambition. And I am pretty sure that a reporter has never before or since brought a human body into a newsroom. But then the always delightful Claudette Colbert has excellent chemistry with Ben Lyon and that is enough to spare the movie, however marginally.
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