A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
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George Bancroft
Bill Roberts
Betty Compson
Mae
Olga Baclanova
Lou
Clyde Cook
'Sugar' Steve
Mitchell Lewis
Andy
Guy Oliver
The Crimp
May Foster
Mrs. Crimp
Lillian Worth
Steve's Girl
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Hymn Book Harry
Richard Alexander
Lou's Sweetheart (uncredited)
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