It had a similar plot to the 1954 film - the setting of a Brooklyn waterfront with a militant trade unionist hero struggling with mobsters in the dockworkers union.The aut, little-seen, menacing, late film noir classic is the first American film of Scottish director Alexander Mackendrick, better known for Ealing Studios light comedies such asMan in the White Suit (1951)andThe Ladykillers (1955).The boss quickly matched the description to an employee named Mr.D -- Francis Dolarhyde, who maintained the equipment for tape transfers, and had access to every tape that came through the company.The film was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Celia Johnson), Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (Noel Coward, David Lean, and Anthony Havelock-Allan), and won the major prize at the first Cannes Film Festival.