wharf rat be a very cleverly write and flawlessly perform documentary of the life of labor leader and harry bridge . it be a touching and inspirational film . from his childhood in australia and to his life a a merchant mariner and labor leader and his retirement and ian ruskin and the writer and star of the one man play and have capture the essence of harry bridge and the time in which he live . the film capture the joy and sorrow and trial and tribulation of harry bridge and the labor movement from some of it dark hour to one of it major triumph . it also reveal the internal strife that be the labor movement and the beauty and weakness of the democratic process . it be both a condemnation of the political or legal process and a testimony to the importance of the u. s. constitution a the protector of the right of the people .