Port of New York (1949) [Film Noir] [Drama]

"Port of New York" is a 1949 film shot in semidocumentary style. The film is notable for being Yul Brynner's first movie. He had not begun shaving his hair yet. The film, which is very similar to T-Men (1947), was shot on location in New York City. The movie was directed by László Benedek with cinematography by George E. Diskant.
The film tells the story of a two federal agents, one from Customs and one from Narcotics, out to stop the distribution of opium that came in on a ship in the Port of New York but was smuggled off by drug dealers. The leader of the drug dealers is the suave Vicola (Brynner).
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Directed by László Benedek, produced by Aubrey Schenck, written by Eugene Ling (screenplay) and Bert Murray (story), starring Scott Brady as Michael 'Mickey' Waters, Richard Rober as Jim Flannery, K.T. Stevens as Toni Cardell and Yul Brynner as Paul Vicola.
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Source: "Port of New York (film)" Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.. 14 March 2013. Web. 31 March 2013. Port of New York (film).
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Try to get better quality copies of these old movies.

[@omennemo8844]

I was born in 1949. I plan on watching every movie I can find from 1949 to 1953. I want to see if I remember anything. I know one thing. I can't sleep without the t.v. on. My parents kept the t.v. on until it went off and then they put on the radio. There was always music and noise, I have never been able to sleep normal. I was born in New York City. (Manhattan) I lived by the east river drive and there were factories. I can remember some things as far back as the age of 3

[@stj971]

I was born NYC too. But grew up at Jersey Shore. Both my parents were NYers. My mom loved it. She'd be horrified today. She was on a bus on nj tpke going to ny on 911 that morning.

[@omennemo8844]

@@stj971 Really. She wasn't around the.was she? When we were teens a bunch of us use to say that the first place that would be attacked would be N.Y. and years later 911. Have you seen the movie Jersey Boys? Only went to Jersey once as a child. Some big park with picnic area with canopy's some Mafia guy through a barbeque party and my father was invited. I must have been about 5 yrs old. I didn't like living in NY. I went to a place called St.Germaines in Peekskill, NY. My sister lives in New Jersey.

[@sherrihinton8567]

I too cant sleep with some noise on. Since I've had insomnia, I watch 2 of these movies every night which includes British noir

[@loridrayton9440]

@@sherrihinton8567 I osoo luv British movies!!!

[@madtwc4425]

1962 is mine and I was also born in NYC but grew up in Jersey City. We used to take the Pathtrains all the time to the city as I had relatives that lived there. Good memories.

[@haroldbrown1998]

I was born in 1939. Couple of things is you never worried about the language. No foul language. Fun to watch the credits. Small bit parts of some of the big stars today.

[@rexfreeman4981]

Your generation normalised strong language.

[@judiesmith167]

Yul Brynner a man's man. One of the greatest actors. He got better looking as he got older, especially in the Ten Commandments.

[@FiveBlackFootedFerrets]

This movie brought back some special memories for me as I grew up in New York City. I was born in January of 1955 so it predates me a little. I was surprised to see you Brenner with so much hair. Thank you for this cinematic treasure. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@madtwc4425]

Just love Yul Brynner great actor who left us way too early

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

I was born in 1948 and just love the movies made back then and in the 1930's. Thank you so much for posting it for us!!!

[@steveweinstein3222]

In the late '40s, improvements in film cameras and a desire for greater realism led to many films shot on location in New York. It's hard to imagine what this movie would be like if it were filmed on a Hollywood studio lot. Stay with it: It's got a slam-bang ending.

[@libradragon]

This movie is less than three years older than I am, as I was born in 1952. It is funny that we place such a premium on hair. I am a Yul Brynner fan and have seen every movie he has been involved with. Who can forget Westworld, or The King and I. Yes, we have the joy that is Yul and his range, in these two films. Amazing man, great actor, and a star in every sky, day or night. We still have drugs, insane as this sounds, and illegal smuggling. It is after 10pm as I view this movie and type these words, while a homeless guy is 50 feet below my window, unpacking his house on wheels, to locate his drug of choice, so he can shoot up. We have not yet arrived, have we?

[@craigking7429]

Magnificent Seven

[@opiegoldenberg2640]

My grandfather worked the NYC docks during the 40's after the war and some of his stories about what he passed in and out of hands was CRAZY!! lol

[@libradragon]

And it is still CRAZY this week, in 2019.

[@jaminova_1969]

My Grandpa worked at the Brooklyn Navy Yard after the war!

[@dianevitale1214]

Nice to see Yul Brynner in an early role. Wish the film was better quality, but then grateful to see it. Thanks TCM

[@vernalc2449]

An almost unrecognizable Yul Brynner. Thanks for posting a fun film to watch.

[@oscardegrouch9898]

Yul Brynner: The devil incarnate. For his first role in a film, Yul was great. Thanks for sharing.

[@rickhilt233]

He played Ramses in the Ten Commandments also.

[@omennemo8844]

I must have watched the King and I 6 times. The nuns use to play it on movie night at the home I was in.

[@reach4thestars67]

I love Yul Brynner movies. Thank you for uploading.

[@chrisbowen9043]

This was way better than I thought it would be

[@eddancer1381]

Thanks for the upload Timeless Classic Movies. Ed

[@billywalkabout5076]

4 Cornered Room.

[@edwinjimenez3802]

Great find on You Tube a Classic I never have seen this movie before its Excellent

[@heatherbowlan9822]

Thank you !

[@eyeOOsee]

I love your channel!! Thank you for uploading and sharing!! I just love these old black and white films!! :-)

[@anthonysmall5090]

Same here , that gritty look just can't be replaced.

[@mindgamestrivia]

Excellent Film! Thanks much

[@littlerichie874]

Great film, thank you!

[@ronaldhall2489]

I favorite actors and movies by far. Grew up watching these movies love them and in black and white like they were made

[@scallopohare9431]

Thank you.

[@edwinjimenez3802]

Love this movie the New York of my childhood this is real New York does not exist anymore

[@roberttelarket4934]

It’s remarkable they would actually make a movie on such a topic of hard drugs in 1949 during such innocent U.S.times!

[@glennjones6574]

It was never " innocent times"

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@glennjones6574: Relative to what has been going on in the U.S. drug and otherwise since the 1960’s it was innocent times!

[@EarthSkyPVideos]

Great to see Yul Brynner with full head of hair. Good movie. Criminals capturing criminals ! ! !

[@doreen0]

I can't believe my eyes😱😳😍 it's Yul Brynner it is first film it's gotta be. Oh gosh I used to be absolutely nuts over him when I was younger much much younger and I still am crazy over him much older ha ha !!! his bald head was perfectly cool on him he had the fashion he was so elegant in his ways👌🏼oh well at least we still get to see his movies 💐rest in peace sweetie we all miss you are still my favourite actor 💕he's a legend 🇨🇦🙋🏼 Thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼 Timeless Classic Movies

[@matthewbulger4080]

The Late Yul Brynners Only Recorded On Screen Appearance With His Real Full Head Of Hair.He Wore A Toupee In Films Like The Buccaner 1958 And 1959s Solomon And Sheba To Name A Few. Another Major Curiosity Is Off Screen Narrator Named The Late Chet Huntley. Mr.Huntley When On Of Course To Become NBC-TVS News Anchorman With The Late David Brinkley During Most Of The 1960s On The Evening News Program "The Huntley Brinkley Report".

[@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys]

Very entertaining especially because this was Yul's first movie~!! This is a great channel!

[@gregorymcleod1347]

Love your channel! Good movie the Port of New York! I love film noir movies! Thank you for uploading this movie 🎥!

[@raphaelfritzler7799]

Can you help me? I’m new to watching these kind of movies. What is the difference between regular films and film noirs?

[@omennemo8844]

I was born that year. So its interesting to see what my hometown looked like.

[@doubleghod]

A little trivia: the protagonist in this flick is an actor named Scott Brady (real name: Gerry Tierney). Scott had a brother, Lawrence Tierney, who appeared in an episode of Seinfeld titled The Jacket. Lawrence played Elaine Benes' father, a real crabby character (the Seinfeld cast said he was crabby on and off camera, not that there is anything wrong with that)

[@southamerican5402]

Scott Brady was a pretty good looking guy when he was young,.....as he got old he was drinking heavy and got very heavy ,...he lost his looks and died.

[@southamerican5402]

ElPocho DelMundo

[@roberttelarket4934]

Lynne Carter is still alive, age 100. Update: Died March 26, 2015.

[@anthonysmall5090]

I just love it that at least a few of these classic actors n actresses are still around today. Just feels good to know that.

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@anthonysmall5090: I hardly know any of the entertainment people from the last 35-40 years or the trash we see these days. I make it my business to know about all the great actors/actresses/characters and their personal lives including their children and grandchildren thanks to the internet/wiki/IMDb.

[@ronaldhall2489]

Who is Lynne Carter? I am up on these movies like many find Thema lot better than the new ones but Lynne Carter flew past me I am just hearing about him/her

[@reds6330]

GREAT 👌😊😊

[@e.scotttaylor2982]

Very enjoyable

[@blex5579]

interesting how all the c0vid commentaries disappeared from the comment section....those weren`t even controvresial, but i clearly remember them on here soem months ago...

[@delzworld2007]

This was Yul Brynner's first screen appearance.

[@antoniarivers7636]

And it shows. With those unattractive actresses as his love interest ....

[@Pumpkin_Fart]

Interesting movie format. It's like a procedural documentary with skits.

[@orlandosanchez8123]

Wow New York 1949 who wouldn't wanna watch this movie for free

[@lindalcoomes]

Yul is one of he few actors aging actually agreed with. Sadly began smoking in all his movies and it killed him.

[@rufusmctavish6442]

Scott Brady was quite a versatile actor he could do a comedic role well too like in the film Mohawk.

[@craigking7429]

What a delight.

[@spudwas]

Pretty Rank Quality print!

[@XNY556-Apple]

"The case was closed. And nobody ever peddled drugs in New York again."

[@atilaaltuntas661]

So nice movie

[@robertdipaola3447]

A young yul Brenner with hair

[@jamesd.lethgo6988]

GREAT MOVIE

[@mikepasko7493]

Very good movie

[@rachs57]

.20 cents First Mile!! and .5 cents every Additional Mile?? Holy Moly prices have sky rocketed

[@rdkamekona]

The location-filmed Port of New York might have been forgotten had it not been for one of its leading players. In his first film role, Yul Brynner plays an erudite narcotics smuggler named Paul Vicola. Using a phony yacht club as a front, Vicola conducts a brisk drug trade, making certain that no one will blow the whistle on his operation by casually murdering his couriers. Detectives Walters (Scott Brady) and Flannery (Richard Rober) infiltrate Vicola's gang; one of the cops is killed, but the other manages to see that justice is done. Yul Brynner was so obscure at the time of Port of New York (his only significant credit was Broadway's Lute Song) that one reviewer referred to him as "Yul Brunner.

[@jmccracken1963]

Miss Ronni KameKona It is true that, to the general public, Yul Brynner was an unknown newcomer. But in New York, he was known a bit better, as a stage actor (he had co-starred with Mary Martin in LUTE SONG) and in some early TV shows produced in New York. In this movie, Yul Brynner not only has hair, but he also plays a more soft-spoken and debonair character (though still essentially hard and dangerous) than he would play in the movies in which he appeared from 1956 on. And then, on Miss Martin's recommendation, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II hired him to play The King in THE KING AND I on Broadway (co-starring with Gertrude Lawrence) - and the rest is history.....

[@RafaelLopez-zh1fl]

I'M not sure why the purser got of the boat to begin with. Why not just throw the stuff over board to the waiting boat?

[@lukeblackford1677]

Too blurry, but Yul Brenner rocked!

[@poetcomic1]

Arthur Blake was really very good as the strung out junkie comedian. He did a few powerful movie roles but was best known as a legendary female impersonator.

[@alext8828]

3 min in. Passengers sneaking around on deck in the night,,, wearing white. Brilliant. Hey! Yul Brinner in 1949, with hair. Boy, he got far in just a couple of years. Cool guy.

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

Yul - with hair; cool. 😎

[@eddiemunster2196]

I really think this could have made a really good weekly TV series ? for instance if anybody remembers the show : [ Don"t ] The Streets of San Francisco, [ You - ] but the only exception 25 years earlier [ - Agree - ]

[@auletjohnast03638]

'THE RAGE OF PARIS' (1938) BEST MOVIE EVER.

[@tinklvsme]

U seem to have some cool old movies. I hit the Sub button! 2-10-21 👍🌟🌟🌟🤔😷😜👀🕶

[@philby611]

The war on drugs, 1949 version . . . only the names have been changed

[@sharonmullins1957]

So true - what goes around comes around.

[@Cracktaculus]

The opening narrator's voice sounds like Mr.Rogers compared to Walter Winchell's on the Untouchables..."NAARRR-COTICS!"

[@ThePerson1959]

Was the ship in the beginning of the film the United States, America or The Constitution? I was just curious. Very good film and nice to see New York featured in an old movie. Thanks for showing this.

[@earlgrey9964]

Thanx 4 the upload of this Crime Drama....NOT a film noir tho...

[@motogrey3707]

This one must've given Jack Webb a serious woody ... The putz

[@nelsbruseth792]

At minute 7 Shostakovich piano concerto on the phonograph.

[@DateTwoRelate]

Good catch!

[@FiveBlackFootedFerrets]

I made my comments with talk to text and that's why Yul Brynner did not come out right the first time.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Here we see Yul with hair.

[@hurri7720]

It was his first film. "Brynner's first marriage was to actress Virginia Gilmore in 1944, and soon after he began working as a director at the new CBS television studios, directing Studio One, among other shows. He made his film debut in Port of New York released in November 1949" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yul_Brynner

[@010bobby]

Yul Bryner still have hair back then ...

[@richardfoltz1663]

Interesting street sign at 17:54. Oops.

[@vicmal2112]

Hahaha

[@dougstaysgolden]

Does anyone know the song that starts at 7:00?

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Cops can search a locker at Penn Station without a warrant?

[@aspenrebel]

I just said that. Hey, it was 1949. Things were a little loose back then. They didn't have to read you your Rights either, no Miranda warning. That wasn't until..............oh.....1968 or 1970 or something, I forget. The cops could hold you for just about as long as they wanted, beat the crap out of you all day and night until they got a confession, deny you food and water and sleep, deny you a lawyer, deny you a phone call, etc. It was all good back then. It all held up on Court. So you'd be found guilty. That is why we have all of these named case decisions by the US Supreme Court, like Miranda. Hell, just the other night, I watched an episode of "Dragnet 1970". They revised it, in color. Still had Joe Friday and his side kick. But they had a case of dealing with something new.... LSD....which WAS NOT illegal, in 1970. Hardly anyone knew anything about it. That was crazy.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

aspenrebel Cops did those things and got away with it. And that led directly to civil rights (black and white) getting involved in the campaign to have police respect the constitution. This led to the Miranda case in 1966. By the way, LSD was made illegal in 1966 as well.

[@aspenrebel]

Joe Postove Well this "Dragnet" show was in 1970 in L.A. and they said it was NOT illegal, yet, in 1970. So I dunno. Oh Miranda was in 1966? Earlier than I thought. the one before it was Escabedo, I think. Then there was the one that made them give indigent defendant's a lawyer for free. I think that was in like 1962 -64, I can't think of the name.

[@billding7073]

aspenrebel October 24, 1968 LSD became an illegal drug in the United States.

[@aspenrebel]

william skelton If you say so, that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" became illegal in the US on 10/24/68. But I swear I was watching "Dragnet 1970" on TV, ,and the episode was about LSD being new and NOT illegal. So, unless I was watching "Dragnet 1968".......???.... .I dunno right now. Either way, not good stuff. I've seen, known only in passing, at least two people who fried their brains on LSD. Both Americans, but then they went around talking with a British accent, and always walking around with their pants open, and often exposing themselves. Never able to do for themselves every again. Oh yeah. one guy in my neighborhood as a kid, about 6 years older than me, my older sister's age, friend of hers.... he fried his brain on LSD. Spent the rest of his life in his parents care finger painting.

[@LewdCustomer]

Purser was killed. The passengers were grilled.

[@neutronjack7399]

I think they did an episode of the radio show, "This Is Your FBI" on this same case. I enjoyed the movie, the would make a great double feature with "He Walked By Night".

[@oscardegrouch9898]

+Neutron Jack That is the name of the movie I was looking for (this one reminded me of it). Thanks!

[@neutronjack7399]

When you watch, "He Walked By Night", watch for Jack Webb as the guy in the crime lab. I believe that case / movie were the inspiration for the "Dragnet" radio and television series.

[@oscardegrouch9898]

Yes, Neutron Jack! I spied him right away. His voice was a little higher but can't miss that profile.

[@roberttelarket4934]

Does anyone know the name of the tune at 32:15 when the dancers go up the stairs in night club?

[@johnboys4697]

Who cares

[@roberttelarket4934]

@@johnboys4697: I do! That's why I asked.

[@zachblundeto7137]

When he still had hair...

[@MissCane9]

Yul Brenner was Gorgeous.

[@patriciarussell1177]

What is the screen all black

[@GB-gq3we]

ПОЧЕМУ НЕТ ОЗВУЧКИ ????????????????????

[@jamesvickers9476]

no search warrants needed for the lockers..??

[@alysononoahu8702]

What 60 yrs ago?

[@pauldyckman7539]

Yul Brenner.

[@stj971]

Was never a fan of his

[@sclogse1]

If Yul wasn't perfect to play Vladimir Putin I don't know who is.

[@roberthenleynola]

Beck Benedict of Saturday Night Live.

[@williamcampbell4137]

That's a good choice. I thought Slim Summerville would have made a good LBJ.

[@roberttelarket4934]

sclogse1: Very very very clever! Never thought of that! However Yul was not ethnic Russian.

[@jonbyron38]

He never opened the package sooo...

[@daviddowns7552]

scott brady

[@MrJoeybabe25]

I love Film Noir, but this picture despite having great locations and Yul Brenner was mostly a sleepfest and about 30 minutes too long. But I guess that doesn't matter. I would have snoozed through it anyway. However I watched it all, which leaves me with a question. Why, near the end of the movie, didn't the dame finger the cop right away. what did I miss?

[@aspenrebel]

Nothing. She just wasn't quite that stupid. She saw him, he said something to her, she just figured something was up, so she dummied up and went along with him.... as best she could.....for awhile at least. But at the very end, we didn't see if she was still alive or dead. We assume alive. Yul Brynner's first movie. His 2nd movie was "The King and I", 7 years later in 1956, for which he won Oscar for Best Actor. In between, he performed in "The King and I" on Broadway, for about 4-5 years, I guess. Pretty big step up, winning Oscar in your 2nd movie. But what was with those NYC trains, the above ground one the gal got on after she met with the agent? My God!! It looked like about 100 years old, all rickety. I like how they were able to find the pkg of stuff in locker at Penn Sta, so easily. Without a warrant too!! There must have been, what?... 1,000 lockers in Penn Sta, then? But it was fun though. Before this, I had just watched "The Hitchhiker" 1953, I think it was. It had "Perry Mason" DA Hamilton Berger (actor William Talman) playing the hitchhiker killer. Now that was weird to watch. I always knew there was something wrong with that DA on "Perry Mason".. hee hee hee.

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Hamilton Berger was a loser! :>)

[@MrJoeybabe25]

Oh, yeah. About the hitchhiker, don't you think Talman was too old for the part?

[@hemming57]

Joe Postove yes

[@jackgrattan3144]

aspenrebel The man who played the self righteous DA on Perry Mason (William Talman) was busted for weed and almost tossed off the show. It's trivia like that which keeps me going.

[@qco5349]

Elizabeth Taylor

[@andrewoliversatchell1963]

COLOUR

[@randyacuna3248]

Yul's next film after this was the ten commandments.

[@philipmaldonado9249]

The King and I

[@neo-YoutubeStoleMyHandle]

And they're still looking for the stuff. LOLOL

[@melvina628]

7:21 Paul doesn't have to pretend to be romantically interested in you, a woman, anymore because you have served your purpose. He is gay. Hellerrrrrr 31:00

[@ludditeneaderthal]

is it just me, or does a young yul brenner bear an uncanny resemblance to peter weller?

[@jonhohensee3258]

It's just you.

[@alysononoahu8702]

It's the skull shape

[@alysononoahu8702]

@@jonhohensee3258 lol

[@rickhilt233]

Who's Peter Weller?

[@travorptrebor3358]

@@rickhilt233 ROBO COP ! BUCKAROO BONZAI !

[@daviddowns7552]

narcotics

[@Cetina100]

YUL BRINNER CON PELO EN EL COCO,

[@jamesvickers9476]

no search warrants needed for the lockers..??...or apartments??

[@8176morgan]

Eagle-Lion served as the distributor only for this movie and it is considerably below some of their better known productions such as “T-Men”, “Raw Deal”, or even “Trapped”. It suffers not only from too much poorly written dialogue, but also has some terrible and implausible plot developments. For starters, Mr. Paul Vicola would have had no reason to kill his current girlfriend Toni Cardell due to the fact that she didn’t answer the phone after they last met, because that was several days ago and had nothing to do with her private meeting with the F.B.I. agent. And after she had been done away with, if he had been suspicious for any reason of her activities that package of narcotics would have been immediately removed from the Penn Station storage locker facility and not been still present there the following day; and finally, the narcotics itself would have been gotten rid of soon after the ship had entered port and not have been undelivered several days later; after all the merchandise was quite hot. This movie is essentially a poor remake of the much more successful Eagle-Lion movie “T-Men”. Samba Pictures was its maker and had only one other movie to its credit, which was another dud called “A Man In Texas” that was released in 1948. The producer of this movie, a man named Audrey Schenck, who was a cousin to the famous Schenck brothers, made a number of movies during his sporadic career which included some of the worst movies ever made. He was a lawyer by profession and unlike his two talented cousins clearly had very little talent in the art of making movies - and it definitely shows in this one - enough said!

[@steveweinstein3222]

I stopped reading your post -- too many spoilers. But already at 23:00, I rolled my eyes at her returning home, knowing as she did what a ruthless killer her lover is; and why the narc would have left the key lead alone in the first place. And wouldn't the police have found his name (address, phone) in her address book? A letter, note, scrap of paper?

[@richardoliver4779]

Good flick, old NY, classic noir themes, dark underbelly, interdiction still doesn't work... LMFAOO

[@reds6330]

I have not watched any tv shows and movies since 1990 ..ONLY BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS..I HAVE OVER 4,000 BLACK AND WHITE MOVIES AND TV SHOWS..

[@gildamarlowe8516]

Good acting , however , slow moving.

[@mechagojira6951]

+Gilda Marlowe gilda your prob a nice kid but please with the "look at me I think I'm hot"

[@billywalkabout5076]

Time Sure Flies When You Midas Size

[@wojciechdziuba1485]

.2

[@vanderest57]

I deal with the top or i dont deàl 🇹🇷

[@glennjones6574]

I liked the girl. After he killed her I tuned out

[@resculptit]

This movie reminds me of the old series "Dragnet" making the Feds look so great and Hero-Like. The US Coast Guard was under the Treasury Dept. until the early 1970s following it's service in Vietnam and into the Transportation Dept. And moved again in the early 2000s into the Homeland Security Gestapo Dept. The only difference now and then in the Coast Guard is it's 35,000 employees are paid by different departments - but still doing the exact same job.

[@billwilliamson9842]

move to venezuala, cuba or n korea if you don't like it, no one will miss you and our nations collective IQ avg will go up greatly. #MAGA