A dim-witted yet kind-hearted boxer, Terry Malloy, who failed to succeed unintentionally lures a man to his death after being tricked by a criminal called Johnny Friendly whose men pick of every man who has the courage to speak up to their crimes. As he works on the waterfronts that Friendly owns, he is sent to a church meeting run by a good preacher about how to deal with the problem and runs into the dead man’s sister. Slowly, he falls in love with her and begins to feel guilt about his crime.
Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the run.
A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.
Percy and Harold are rivals and both take the object of their affections for an outing.
Documentary about making cheese in the Netherlands.
The dock comptroller ruminates on his home and his lot in life.
A bright outlook in Birkenhead for a thriving British enterprise.