On the Waterfront
1954 · ★ 8 · Dir. Elia Kazan
The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
- Released
- 1954-06-22
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $910K
- Box office
- $9.6M
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Marlon Brando
Terry Malloy
Karl Malden
Father Barry
Lee J. Cobb
Johnny Friendly
Rod Steiger
Charley Malloy
Pat Henning
Kayo Dugan
Eva Marie Saint
Edie Doyle
Leif Erickson
Glover
James Westerfield
Big Mac
Tony Galento
Truck
Tami Mauriello
Tillio
John F. Hamilton
"Pop" Doyle
John Heldabrand
Mott
