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.
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
