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'Pier 13' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Lynn Bari, Lloyd Nolan and Joan Valerie.Schlossheimer p.330 It is a remake of the 1932 film 'Me and My Gal' with Spencer Tracy and Joan Bennett in which a waterfront cop meets an attractive waitress whose sister turns out to be romantically involved with the criminal he is pursuing. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Lewis H. Creber and Richard Day.

Partial cast



* Lynn Bari as Sally Kelly

* Lloyd Nolan as Danny Dolan

* Joan Valerie as Helen Kelly

* Douglas Fowley as Johnnie Hale

* Chick Chandler as Nickie

* Oscar O'Shea as Skipper Kelly

* Adrian Morris as Al Higgins

* Louis Jean Heydt as Bill Hamilton

* Frank Orth as Dead Pan Charlie

* Stanley Blystone as Policeman

* Charles D. Brown as Captain Blake

* Maurice Cass as Howard

* Frank Darien as Old Man in Car

* Hal K. Dawson as Ticket Salesman

* Edward Earle as Peters

* Sherry Hall as Clerk

* Hamilton MacFadden as Reporter

* Kitty McHugh as Mary

* Mantan Moreland as Sam

* Don Rowan as Husky Man

* Hector V. Sarno as Italian

* Florence Shirley as Mrs. Forrest

* Harry Strang as Pier Official

* Ben Taggart as Detective

* Phil Tead as Photographer

* Harry Tyler as Alibi Joe

* Max Wagner as Tramp

* Fred Walburn as Shorty

* Jack Woody as Steward

References



Bibliography



* Michael Schlossheimer. 'Gunmen and Gangsters: Profiles of Nine Actors Who Portrayed Memorable Screen Tough Guys'. McFarland, 2001.


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