The Docks of New York
1928 · 76 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 5,250 VOTES · DIR. Josef von Sternberg
Overview
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
Dialogue Timeline — 168 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK
00:03:22 "Pick up that waste! Nobody goes ashore till this hole is cleaned up!"
00:07:10 Save his soul and money comes to Hymn-Book Harry
00:12:26 "But just remember Singapore - - an' recollect Shanghai!"
00:20:53 "All right! Make believe you died - make believe you're startin' all over again!"
00:22:11 "After a month in the stoke-hole, I got no sympathy for anybody that wants to quit a swell world like this!"
00:26:06 "You better take my tip - an' stay away from that dame!"
00:30:47 "Ever been married, Bill?"
00:32:33 "What did you ever do that makes you worse than me? I'd marry you in a minute!"
00:34:25 "I'm goin' to do right by our Nell! I'm goin' to marry her - here an' now!"
00:37:31 "If you got to have a license, Bill will get one first thing in the morning."
00:39:36 "- to join this Man, and this Woman, in Holy Matrimony."
00:42:56 "Here's your wages, Parson. Easy come, easy go!"
00:45:47 "What lady threw that shoe?"
00:49:13 "I s'pose you've forgot about gettin' married, too."
00:51:41 "You're a dirty liar! He is comin' back!"
00:55:26 "Why didn't you say so before?"
00:57:02 "Could you give me a minute to - to get used to it, Bill?"
00:59:08 "I've always been like this. There ain't no power on earth that could ever keep me ashore!"
01:01:08 "Well - goodbye - Bill."
01:08:57 "Buck into it, you two! I want steam, not talk!"
01:12:07 "You are charged with having in your possession clothes stolen from the Harbor Pawn Shop."
01:13:03 "Thirty days. Next case!"
01:14:57 "I guess I'd wait forever, Bill."
Cast & Characters
George Bancroft
Bill Roberts
Betty Compson
Mae Roberts
Olga Baclanova
Lou -- Wife of Andy
Clyde Cook
Bill's Pal
Mitchell Lewis
Andy - the Third Engineer
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Hymn Book Harry
Richard Alexander
Lou's Sweetheart
May Foster
Mrs. Crimp
George Irving
Night Court Judge
John Kelly
Sailor Barfly
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed168
Dialogue density2.2 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line01:14:57
Production Record
DirectorJosef von Sternberg
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,250