Waterfront at Midnight  Waterfront at Midnight is a 1948 American drama film directed by William Berke, written by Bernard Girard, and starring William Gargan, Mary Beth Hughes, Richard Travis, Richard Crane, Cheryl Walker and Horace McMahon. It was released on June 25, 1948, by Paramount Pictures. A detective mistakenly shoots his own brother, who has become a criminal involved with a dangerous boss.