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. 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.
Plot
The plot follows a café waitress who 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
References
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.