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Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2015)

From the merchant marines, a young folk singer tries to make it big in the industry and this film is really nothing more than the misfortunes and misadventures that he must endure. It also basically comes down to pure survival on his part, as he tries his best to navigate from one difficult situation to another.
Does anything ever go right for this guy? He is terribly downtrodden, disillusioned at the mayhem that persists throughout his life.
His singing of folk-music is essentially a way out of his doldrums and basically a way for him to express the inequity in life that many of us must endure.
Can he catch a break? This is the essential theme.