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Status
Released
Release
1950
Runtime
1h 20m
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"THE DESIRES AND LONELINESS of seafaring men and their women!"
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.
32 Cast Members
Robert Newton
Peter McCabe
Kathleen Harrison
Mrs. McCabe
Avis Scott
Nora McCabe
Susan Shaw
Connie McCabe
Robin Netscher
George Alexander McCabe
Richard Burton
Ben Satterthwaite
Kenneth Griffith
Maurice Bruno
Olive Sloane
Mrs. Gibson
James Hayter
Ship's Captain
Charles Victor
Bill
Michael Brennan
Engineer
Allan Jeayes
Prison Officer
Hattie Jacques
Singer
Kathleen Boutall
Mrs. Duncan
John Boxer
Policeman (uncredited)
Tony Britton
Deck-hand (uncredited)
Cyril Chamberlain
Reporter
Basil Cunard
Publican
Alexander Field
Mr. Simon (uncredited)
Arthur Hambling
Police Sergeant
