Waterfront (novel)

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Waterfront
AuthorJohn Brophy
LanguageEnglish
GenreCrime drama
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1934
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint

Waterfront is a 1934 crime drama novel by the British writer John Brophy.[1] It is set in his native Liverpool amongst the world of dockworkers.[2]

Film adaptation

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In 1950 it was adapted into a British film of the same title directed by Michael Anderson and starring Robert Newton, Richard Burton and Susan Shaw.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Watson & Willison p.539
  2. ^ Crowley p.51
  3. ^ Goble p.58

Bibliography

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  • Crowley, Tony. Scouse: A Social and Cultural History. Liverpool University Press, 2012.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Watson, George & Willison, Ian R. The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Volume 4. CUP, 1972.