WATERFRONT isn't a particularly bad film, but it is rather indistinguishable amid all of the similar fare coming out from the era. The setting is Liverpool, where a struggling family aim to keep their heads above the water without a main breadwinner in the family. There's little in the way of actual story, so this is a character-focused affair, and to its credit this has interesting performances from numerous familiar faces, with Kathleen Harrison focusing things nicely. Robert Newton has a small but memorable turn as the drunken patriarch, while there's a chance to see a callow Richard Burton as a suitor. I thought Kenneth Griffith gave the best, most sleazy turn in the whole film. Imagine a kitchen sink drama a decade before that type of film became popular and you'll have it.
Review of Waterfront Women
