Waterfront (novel)

1934 novel

Waterfront

Author| John Brophy
Language| English
Genre| Crime drama
Publisher| Jonathan Cape

Publication date

| 1934
Publication place| United Kingdom
Media type| Print

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.

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