"You're Like the Sea...Beautiful and Cruel!"

1948

1h 25m

6.1(8 votes)

Drama

Overview

A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.

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Cast & Crew

15 members

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Dana Andrews

Hod Stillwell

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Jean Peters

Ann Freeman

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Cesar Romero

Joe Sanger

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Dean Stockwell

Donny Mitchell

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Anne Revere

Mary McKay

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Ed Begley

Josh Hovey

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Leona Powers

Mrs. Freeman

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Mae Marsh

Molly Thatcher

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Will Geer

Nick Driver

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Cliff Clark

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Bruno Wick

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Harry Tyler

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Harry Cooke

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Raymond Greenleaf

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Eleanor Moore

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