Waterfront Lady, even though you would think that with the 'Lady' in the title, and the lead actress (Anne Rutherford) is the first person mentioned in the credits, that this movie is all about the girl.. but amusingly this is REALLY about the guy character, named Ronny (played by Frank Albertson.) He plays a gambling boat boss who bails out just when the cops bust the joint AND a murder happens on board. He goes into hiding and takes the role of a sea swash named type of a guy named Bill, with the sailor's cap and everything. Luckily, everybody on the barge thinks he's a friend of one of the people who lives there, who is conveniently away. Soon, the Lady falls in love with him, much to the chagrin of her OTHER suitor. So mr good-bad guy has to deal with that AND the person who comes back to wonder who this guy is. This is somewhat interesting to the fact that Albertson here is playing an anti-hero here. It's hard to like him, actually. Even though he's sort of trying to act reformed, he always tries to contact his underworld cronies to get them to help him get out of this jam. So, even though there is a happy ending (which is predictable) you still feel he's scum, and that the girl is going to be miserable in the end.
Review of Waterfront Lady
