Gangs of the Waterfront

Gangs of the Waterfront

54 mins | Drama | July 3, 1945

Gang Leader Dutch Malone goes on a hunting trip and is in a car wreck and is confined to the hospital, without the knowledge of any of his gang members. District Attorney Brady induces taxidermist Peter Winkly, who is an exact double for Malone,to impersonate Dutch and assume leadership of the gang. Winkly "takes over" the gang and only Rita, Dutch's girl friend, has any suspicion that he is not really Dutch. But Dutch sees a newspaper showing him out on the town, escapes from the hospital and is on his way to look up the impostor.

Gangs of the Waterfront

54 mins | Drama | July 3, 1945

Gangs of the Waterfront
Gang Leader Dutch Malone goes on a hunting trip and is in a car wreck and is confined to the hospital, without the knowledge of any of his gang members. District Attorney Brady induces taxidermist Peter Winkly, who is an exact double for Malone,to impersonate Dutch and assume leadership of the gang. Winkly "takes over" the gang and only Rita, Dutch's girl friend, has any suspicion that he is not really Dutch. But Dutch sees a newspaper showing him out on the town, escapes from the hospital and is on his way to look up the impostor.
Producers Republic Pictures
Original title Gangs of the Waterfront
Directors George Blair
Writers Albert Beich, Samuel Fuller

Cast

Robert Armstrong

as Peter Winkley / John 'Dutch' Malone

Stephanie Bachelor

as Jane Rodgers

Martin Kosleck

as Anjo Ferrati

Wilton Graff

as Police Commissioner Hogan

William Forrest

as Dist. Atty. Brady

Marion Martin

as Rita (as Marian Martin)

Frank O'Connor

as Dan Stevens

Robert Strange

as J. M. Meyer

John Wald

as Johnny Henderson

Jerry Jerome

as Lew Gort

Jack O'Shea

as Gunman Ortega

Eddie Hall

as Henchman Miller (as Edward Hall)

Dick Elliott

as Police Chief Davis

Davison Clark

as Dr. Martin

Al Eben

as Morrie Eisenstein