After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
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By CinemaSerf
After a drinken brawl late one evening, "Bobo" (Jean Gabin) fears that he has accidentally done for a man and so takes a job in an isolated and lonely part of their local harbour. His best pal "Tiny" (Thomas Mitchell) is his only contact with the outside world until he happens upon the desperate "Anna" (Ida Lupino) whom he saves from taking the easy way out. It's not an easy friendship at first, but gradually the two start to learn to trust each other and that's to the chagrin of his old pal who is seeing the green eyed monster rise before his eyes. With the couple now firmly determined to tie the knot, just what lengths will "Tiny" go to to thwart their joy. Though Gabin isn't really anything much to write home about here, Lupino delivers quite strongly as her character, and it's seemingly endless emotional baggage, evolves into one that's a bit more intriguing than the usual lightly developed female lead. Claude Rains also appears now and again as "Nutsy", but seems content to stay largely in the wings as the whole film really belongs to Mitchell. I haven't seen so many films where the thrust of the plot is jealousy of a more fraternal nature, and his performance cuts an increasingly sad figure of a man who exudes something pitiable that actually invites a degree of sympathy from us too. The scenario - a dark and misty port riddled with wreckage and rusting iron also adds well to the sense of accumulating peril as "Bobo" begins to realise just what is going on around him. The writing is solid enough to give everyone enough to work with and it is worth watching for a Lupino/Mitchell combo that works well.
