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THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!

6.4

1h 20m

1950

“THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!”

Synopsis

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.

Director

Michael Anderson

Drama

liverpool, englandblack and whitewaterfront

Cast & Crew

Robert Newton

Robert Newton

as Peter McCabe

Kathleen Harrison

Kathleen Harrison

as Mrs. McCabe

Avis Scott

Avis Scott

as Nora McCabe

Susan Shaw

Susan Shaw

as Connie McCabe

Robin Netscher

as George Alexander McCabe

Richard Burton

Richard Burton

as Ben Satterthwaite

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

as Maurice Bruno

Olive Sloane

Olive Sloane

as Mrs. Gibson

James Hayter

James Hayter

as Ship's Captain

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