Fisherman's Wharf

Fisherman's Wharf

You'll Love Them All! - in this laugh-and-heart-throbbing drama of a waterfront orphan and his adopted "family."

NR 1939 · 72 min · ★ 8.0 · Adventure, Drama, Music

Carlo Roma and his foster-son, Toma, and their friend Beppo, are living a happy fisherman's life in San Francisco until Carlo's widowed sister-in-law, Stella, shows up with her brat-son, Rudolph, and takes over. Poor Toma gets his feelings hurt and the idea he "isn't wanted" and runs away

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus · Written by Bernard Schubert

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