Clash By Night.

Mae Doyle returns to her home town, the fishing village of Monterey, California after ten years "back East" She begins to date Jerry D'Amato, a good-natured, unsophisticated fisherman with his own boat. Mae despises Jerry's friend, Earl Pfeiffer, a bitter, dissatisfied film projectionist. After having a baby girl with Jerry, Mae becomes bored and restless after a year. Earl, now divorced, makes a move on Mae; she resists at first, but then begins an affair with him.