Top cast:George Lessey,Bessie Learn,Guy Hedlund
Director:Thomas Vinterberg
Genre:Romance
Region:United States
Year:2004
Storyline:One of the neighbors, Mrs.Collins (Anne Hegira) knows this was no accident: "Same thing happened to my Andy five years ago...(about Joey) He was the only longshoreman that had the guts to talk to them crime investigators...Everybody knows that." Pop laments that his son didn't follow his advice: "Kept telling him.Don't say nothin'.Keep quiet.You'll live longer." Angered by the senseless murder of the brother she was close to, Edie screams: "I want o know who killed my brother!"In the rough waterfront bar where some of the patrons watch a prizefight on a TV above the bar, Big Mac (James Westerfield) he waterfront hiring boss, brings beer-drinking Johnny Friendly a thick wad of bills, revealing union racketeering, corruption, strong-arm actics and payoffs: "Here's the cut on the shape-up...Don't stop 'til you get to Clarksburg." The former marshal's first reaction reveals his sense of responsibility:I think I ought to stay.The newly-wed couple leave town immediately, gathered into a horse and buggy buckboard to quickly ride away.This was not he first time the subject matter was performed.The screenplay by Howard Koch was based on W.Somerset Maugham's mid-1920s London stage play (that featured Gladys Cooper in the lead role).Then, it was a Broadway play that opened in 1927 (with Katharine Cornell), followed by Paramount Studios' talkie of the same name in 1929 with Academy-Award nominated Jeanne Eagels (in her sound film debut) as the female protagonist Leslie Crosbie.The moonlight, the swampy marshes, and the surface of the lake all capture the astonishing play of the light.