Waterfront is a 1934 crime drama novel by the British writer John Brophy.Watson & Willison p.539 It is set in his native Liverpool amongst the world of dockworkers.Crowley p.51
Film adaptation 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.Goble p.58
References
Bibliography 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.