剧情介绍
明（玛丽·杜丝勒 Marie Dressler 饰）和比尔（华莱士·比里 Wallace Beery 饰）一个是旅馆老板，一个是渔船船长，两个人相伴度日多年，相安无事。明在数年之前收养了一个名叫南希（桃乐茜·乔丹 Dorothy Jordan 饰）的女孩，一个七拼八凑而成的家庭其乐融融。
随着南希的不断长大，明和地方官员们都觉得，她不再适合继续呆在人流量大而复杂的码头了，一边是无法否认的事实，一边是和南希之间的亲情，明每日都生活在痛苦和伤感之中。某日，一个声名狼藉的陌生女人出现在了明的面前，让明感到悲哀的是，这个女人有着确凿的证据和着实的文件来证明自己正是南希的亲生母亲，而根据法律，她必须将南希交换给这个邪恶的女人。 Min owns the waterfront hotel where Bill, the captain of a fishing boat, lives. Also living and working in the hotel is Nancy, whom Min took in some years ago as an abandoned girl. Now that Nancy is older, the truant officer and the police think that she should be moved to a different environment, and Min is torn between her attachment to Nancy and her concern that the waterfront may not be the best place for a young woman. Matters are brought to a head by the sudden re-appearance of Belle, Nancy's disreputable mother.
随着南希的不断长大，明和地方官员们都觉得，她不再适合继续呆在人流量大而复杂的码头了，一边是无法否认的事实，一边是和南希之间的亲情，明每日都生活在痛苦和伤感之中。某日，一个声名狼藉的陌生女人出现在了明的面前，让明感到悲哀的是，这个女人有着确凿的证据和着实的文件来证明自己正是南希的亲生母亲，而根据法律，她必须将南希交换给这个邪恶的女人。 Min owns the waterfront hotel where Bill, the captain of a fishing boat, lives. Also living and working in the hotel is Nancy, whom Min took in some years ago as an abandoned girl. Now that Nancy is older, the truant officer and the police think that she should be moved to a different environment, and Min is torn between her attachment to Nancy and her concern that the waterfront may not be the best place for a young woman. Matters are brought to a head by the sudden re-appearance of Belle, Nancy's disreputable mother.
一位慈祥善良刀子嘴豆腐心的养母，用自己的爱默默守护关心着自己的养女。女主的表演很是精彩，很多细节处理很微妙也很感人。
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剧情还不错，女子本弱，为母则刚，虽然这个母是养母。男女主的表演也很好，算得上是短小精悍的一部影片。
30年代好莱坞。乔治 W 希尔导演与玛丽 德雷斯勒出演（第五届奥斯卡最佳女主角）。米高梅。30年代初期，米高梅最红的影星。无资源
Frances Marion写的这部女性主角电影，果然是当时的第一编剧，对白很舒服，女人跟女人的对白还是要女编剧才能写得好。Marie Dressler的影后实至名归。
You Don't Know How Much A Woman Can Sacrifice，You Just Don't Know…
又是情节剧，其中还有一处疯狂炫技！
名为min and bill，实际上中文名拯女记更贴切。女主太壮硕，好多体力活的戏，凶悍凌厉背后是一颗宽厚的心，除了片尾的浅笑，读信那里也喜欢。游艇那场戏仿佛就是为了炫技博眼球……
第四、第五届奥斯卡影后的作品都是歌颂伟大的母爱，虽然这部是非亲生的孩子。