A hopelessly hopeful drifter, a bitter young woman, and a helpless child live on the docks, spending their days in poverty and listless wandering. Overhead, a dredge hauls up mud and trash from the nearby seabed-- the same mud and trash from the day before. They finally decide to leave for the city to seek fulfillment, only to encounter further privation, destitution, temptation.
Josef von Sternberg
Director

George K. Arthur
The Boy

Georgia Hale
The Girl

Bruce Guerin
The Child

Otto Matieson
The Man

Nellie Bly Baker
The Woman

Olaf Hytten
The Brute

Stuart Holmes
The Gentleman
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