Fresh
Sternberg suppresses direct emotional appeal to concentrate on something infinitely fine: a series of minute, discrete moral discoveries and philosophical realignments among his characters.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
The Docks of New York
1928 · 1h 16m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Josef von Sternberg
Overview
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Director and cast
- Josef von Sternberg Director
- George Bancroft as Bill Roberts
- Betty Compson as Mae
- Olga Baclanova as Lou
- Clyde Cook as 'Sugar' Steve
- Mitchell Lewis as Andy
- Guy Oliver as The Crimp
- May Foster as Mrs. Crimp
- Lillian Worth as Steve's Girl
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Hymn Book Harry
- Richard Alexander as Lou's Sweetheart (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
In a way lost to contemporary social-work movies, von Sternberg's unsentimental poetic realism ennobles his lower-class protagonists through beauty. Classic.
Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh
It fulfills their requirements, somewhat obscure to this reviewer, of rhythm, plasticity and unity. In simpler and more popular terms, it seems to be exceptionally good motion picture entertainment.
Glenn Collins, New York Times
Fresh
It's a corking program picture, thanks to George Bancroft, a good story and Julian Johnson's titles.
Variety Staff, Variety
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