waterfront

• Director: Steve Sekely
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Spy Film
• Movie Type: War Drama, Propaganda Film
• Themes: Going Undercover
• Main Cast: John Carradine, J. Carrol Naish, Maris Wrixon, Edwin Maxwell, Terry Frost
• Release Year: 1944
• Country: US
• Run Time: 68 minutes

Plot

With such charismatic villains as John Carradine and J. Carroll Naish on hand in PRC's Waterfront, who cares about nominal leading man Terry Frost. The story is set in the docks of San Francisco, where Nazi spy Carl Decker (Naish) poses as a harmless optometrist. Decker is aided and abetted by fellow goose-stepper Victor Marlowe (Carradine), who keeps the local German-Americans in line by threatening them with reprisals against their families. The film's "Maguffin" is a code book, which briefly falls into the hands of hapless hero Jerry Donovan (Frost) and helpless heroine Freda Hauser (Maris Wrixon). Evidently the only thing that can save Democracy is a falling out between Decker and Marlowe, and that's just what happens in the final reel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• John Carradine - Nazi agent
• J. Carrol Naish - Dr. Carl Decker
• Maris Wrixon - Freda Hauser
• Edwin Maxwell - Max Kramer
• Terry Frost - Jerry Donovan

John Bleifer - Zimmerman; Marten Lamont - Mike Gorman; Olga Fabian - Mrs. Hauser; Claire Rochelle - Maisie; Billy Nelson - Butch

Credit

Paul Palmentola - Art Director, Steve Sekely - Director, Charles Henkle, Jr. - Editor, Lee Zahler - Musical Direction/Supervision, Robert C. Cline - Cinematographer, Arthur Alexander - Producer, Harry Reif - Set Designer, Martin E. Mooney - Screenwriter, Irwin Franklyn - Screenwriter, Martin E. Mooney - Short Story Author

n.

1. Land abutting a body of water.
2. The part of a town or city that abuts water, especially a district of wharves where ships dock.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the area of a city (such as a harbor or dockyard) alongside a body of water

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - havnefront, strandpromenade, område langs vand

Nederlands (Dutch)
waterkant, havengebied

Français (French)
n. - front de mer, bord de l'eau

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ufer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - προκυμαία, παραλία (σε πόλη)

Italiano (Italian)
litorale, banchina

Português (Portuguese)
n. - região perto d'água (f)

Русский (Russian)
район порта, береговая линия

Español (Spanish)
n. - muelles, parte de la ciudad que da al mar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - sjösida

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
水边地码头区, 滨水地区

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 水邊地碼頭區, 濱水地區

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 강가의 토지, 해안의 거리, 부두

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 土地, 河岸, 海岸通り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الواجهه المائيه أي الأرض المحاذيه للبحر أو للنهر مثل المرسى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חוף/גדת נהר של עיר או עיירה‬

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