Description

I Cover the Waterfront is a 1933 American romantic drama film directed by James Cruze and starring Ben Lyon, Claudette Colbert, Ernest Torrance, and Hobart Cavanaugh. Based on the book of the same name by Max Miller, the film is about a reporter who investigates a waterfront smuggling operation, and becomes romantically involved with the daughter of the man he is investigating.

Cast

• Ben Lyon as H. Joseph Miller
• Claudette Colbert as Julie Kirk
• Ernest Torrence as Eli Kirk, Julie’s father
• Hobart Cavanaugh as McCoy
• Maurice Black as Ortegus, Kirk’s first mate
• Purnell Pratt as John Phelps, Miller’s editor
• Harry Beresford as Old Chris, the salvage man
• Wilfred Lucas as Randall, the Coast Guard officer