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Docks of New York

NR

ActionAdventure

6/10(1 ratings)

The East Side Kids are pursued by killers seeking a stolen necklace.

02-24-1945

1h 2m

Docks of New York

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Main Cast

Movie Details

Production Info

Director:: Wallace Fox

Production:: Sam Katzman Productions

Key Crew

Producer:: Sam Katzman

Producer:: Jack Dietz

Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Filming:: US

Languages:: en

Main Cast

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey's parents were actor Bernard Gorcey (born 1888) who stood 4' 10", and Josephine Condon (born 1901), who stood 4' 11" and weighed 95 pounds; they worked in vaudeville in New York. In 1915, 14-year-old Josephine gave birth to Fred. In 1917, Leo was born, a large baby at 12 lb. 3 oz.; as an adult he would be 5' 6". In 1921 his brother David Gorcey was born. In 1935, Leo and David appeared in the stage play "Dead End." In 1937, this was made into a movie, and Leo became one of the busiest actors for the next 20 years -- from 1937-1939 he starred in seven Dead End Kids movies, from 1940-1945 in 21 East Side Kids films, from 1946-1956 in 41 Bowery Boys movies. In 1939, Leo married 17-year-old dancer Kay Marvis, who appeared in four of his movies. They divorced in 1944 after five years of marriage; she went on to marry Groucho Marx. In 1945, Leo married Evalene Bankston; they divorced in 1948. Leo was to have paid her $50,000 in a divorce settlement; however, when two detectives she hired broke into his home, he retaliated by firing his gun at them. They sued, and Leo countersued for illegal entry and won $35,000 back. In 1949, Leo married Amelita Ward, whom he met while filming Smugglers' Cove (1948). Their marriage produced Leo Gorcey Jr. in 1949, and a baby girl they named Jan (after Leo's producer and manager, Jan Grippo) in 1951. They divorced in 1956. That year Leo married his young nanny, Brandy, who was taking care of his two kids. They had a baby girl, Brandy Jo, in 1958. The couple divorced in 1962. Leo went to the altar one last time in February, 1968, marrying Mary Gannon. He stayed married to her until his death from liver failure on June 2, 1969, in Oakland, California.

Known For

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

Dead End

Dead End

1937

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

1941

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Popular motion picture actor of the 1930s to 1990s. Fondly remembered for his role of 'Sach' in a number of East Side Kids and Bowery Boys films.

Known For

Herbie Rides Again

Herbie Rides Again

1974

Dead End

Dead End

1937

Wonder Man

Wonder Man

1945

William Benedict

William Benedict

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing "Whitey" in Monogram Pictures' The Bowery Boys series. Born in Haskell, Oklahoma, he took part in school theatricals, and on leaving school he made his way to Hollywood. His first film was $10 Raise (1935) starring Edward Everett Horton, which launched Benedict on a busy career. The blond-haired Benedict almost always played juvenile roles, such as newsboys, messengers, office boys, and farmhands. In 1939, when Universal Pictures began its Little Tough Guys series to compete with the popular Dead End Kids features, Billy Benedict was recruited into the cast. These films led him into the similar East Side Kids movies (usually playing a member of the East Side gang, but occasionally in villainous roles). The East Side Kids became The Bowery Boys in 1946, and Benedict stayed with the series (as "Whitey") through the end of 1951. Other films included My Little Chickadee (1940) starring W. C. Fields and Mae West, The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Ed Wood's Bride of the Monster (1955), The Sting (1973) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Benedict never shook his juvenile image completely, and continued to play messengers and news vendors well into his sixties. He also worked often in television commercials.

Known For

The Sting

The Sting

1973

The Killing

The Killing

1956

Funny Girl

Funny Girl

1968

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

It's in the Bag!

It's in the Bag!

1945

Marion Floogle

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

Objective, Burma!

Objective, Burma!

1945

Parker, a soldier

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

Pilot Singer (uncredited)

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941

Hotel Guest (uncredited)

Betty Blythe

Betty Blythe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Betty Blythe (born Elizabeth Blythe Slaughter, September 1, 1893 – April 7, 1972) was an American actress best known for her dramatic roles in exotic silent films such as The Queen of Sheba (1921). She appeared in 63 silent films and 56 talking pictures (known as talkies) over the course of her career. She is famous for being one of the first actresses to appear on film in the nude, or nearly so, during the Roaring Twenties. She is reported to have said, "A director is the only man besides your husband who can tell you how much of your clothes to take off." Blythe began her stage work in such theatrical pieces as So Long Letty and The Peacock Princess. She worked in vaudeville as the "California Nightingale" singing songs such as "Love Tales from Hoffman". After touring Europe and the States, she entered films in 1918 at the Vitagraph Studios in Brooklyn, then she was brought to Hollywood's Fox studio as a replacement for actress Theda Bara. As famous for her revealing costumes as for her dramatic skills, she became a star in such exotic films as The Queen of Sheba (1921) (in which she wore nothing above the waist except a string of beads), Chu-Chin-Chow (made in 1923; released by MGM in the US 1925) and She (1925). She was also seen to good advantage in less revealing films like Nomads of the North (1920) with Lon Chaney and In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter (1924), produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Other roles were as an opera star, unbilled in Garbo's The Mysterious Lady. She continued to work as a character actress. One of her last roles was a small uncredited role in a crowd scene in 1964's My Fair Lady. Betty Blythe's name lives on through the Betty Blythe Vintage TeaRoom in West Kensington.

Known For

My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964

The Women

The Women

1939

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947

Cy Kendall

Cy Kendall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cyrus Willard Kendall (March 10, 1898 – July 22, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 140 films between 1935 and 1950. Kendall's heavy-set, square-jawed appearance and deep voice were perfect for wiseguy roles such as policemen and police chiefs, wardens, military officers, bartenders, reporters, and mobsters. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and died in Woodland Hills, California.

Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945

Call Northside 777

Call Northside 777

1948

George Meeker

George Meeker

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime, Inc. (1945) and Thief in the Dark (1928), and he played an uncredited part in All Through the Night (1941). Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

Casablanca

Casablanca

1943

Emma

Emma

1932

Joy Reese

Joy Reese

Known For

Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario Bros.

1993

Youth Aflame

Youth Aflame

1944

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1889 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor in many films, serials, and television series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for being the father of Eleanor Twitchell, the lady who captures Lou Gehrig's heart in Pride of the Yankees (1942) Watkin was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In the 1920s, he had his own theatrical troupe, the Pierre Watkin Players. In 1927, the group moved its headquarters from Sioux Falls to Lincoln, Nebraska. Watkin portrayed Perry White in both of the Superman serials of the late 1940s, which starred Kirk Alyn as the title character and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. Watkin played a few different characters in the television series Adventures of Superman, in which John Hamilton played Perry White. He was set to reprise his role as the editor of The Daily Planet in a revival of the series in 1959, as Hamilton had died in the interim since the cancellation of the original series. However, series star George Reeves also died in the summer of 1959, and those plans ended. Watkin himself died six months later. He also cast in 1955 in the episode "Joey and the Gypsies" of the NBC children's western series Fury. Watkin guest starred in the CBS western series Brave Eagle. He was cast twice each on the ABC/Warner Brothers series, Cheyenne (as Harvey Sinclair in "The Law Man") and Annie Oakley (as the Reverend Mills in the 1956 episode "The Reckless Press"). In 1958, Watkin portrayed Dr. Breen of Samaritan Hospital in the episode "San Francisco Story" of Rex Allen's syndicated western series, Frontier Doctor. During the first season of CBS's Perry Mason from 1957 to 1958, Watkin appeared in three episodes as Judge Keetley. He was also cast during the 1950s on The Range Rider, Tales of the Texas Rangers, in three episodes of the western aviation adventure series Sky King, and five times on The Jack Benny Program. Watkin played the part of Colonel Duncan in the 1958 episode "Decoy" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45.

Known For

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

The Pride of the Yankees

The Pride of the Yankees

1942

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

1940

Townswoman (uncredited)

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire

1941

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Saps at Sea

Saps at Sea

1940

Switchboard Operator

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940

Mr. Mann

The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949

Tobacco Man (uncredited)

Out of the Fog

Out of the Fog

1941

Sam Pepper

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

Meet Me in St. Louis

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944

Sidney Gorcey (uncredited)

White Heat

White Heat

1949

Vendor at Drive-in (uncredited)

Triple Trouble

Triple Trouble

1950

Bowery Boy #5, slender

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

Known For

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945

Sam

River Gang

River Gang

1945

Butch

Unknown Actor

Unknown Actor

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