Overview:
Terry Malloy is a kindhearted dockworker, and former boxer, who is tricked by his corrupt bosses into leading his friend to death. After falling in love, he tries to leave the waterfront and expose his employers.| Status: | Released (1954-06-22) |
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| Awards: | Won 8 Oscars. 30 wins & 11 nominations total |
| Screen: | Budd Schulberg, Malcolm Johnson, Robert Siodmak |
| Productions: | Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 3084: Marlon Brando - Terry Malloy
- 9857: Karl Malden - Father Barry
- 5248: Lee J. Cobb - Johnny Friendly
- 2639: Eva Marie Saint - Edie Doyle
- 522: Rod Steiger - Charley Malloy
- 9862: Pat Henning - Kayo Dugan
- 9865: Leif Erickson - Glover
Crews
- 9851: Leonard Bernstein - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 5261: Boris Kaufman - Director of Photography - Camera
- 2746: Elia Kazan - Director - Directing
- 9852: Gene Milford - Editor - Editing
- 9850: Budd Schulberg - Screenplay - Writing
- 6594: Sam Spiegel - Producer - Production
- 9854: Jim Shields - Sound Designer - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
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You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? You're a cheap, lousy, dirty, stinkin' mug! And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done! On the Waterfront is directed by Elia Kazan and adapted to screenplay by Budd Schulberg from a series of Malco ....
Continue reading ->James
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This coulda’ been a contender in a lot of greatest movie polls if people just took a second to fully appreciate it.
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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Although it's Marlon Brando who takes top billing here, I found it was Karl Malden's "Father Barry" who stole the story as the priest who is determined to galvanises the New York dockers to step out from under the oppressive shadow of their boss "Johnny Friendly" (Lee J. Cobb). He's ....
Continue reading ->Wuchak
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**_Popular quasi-film noir early in Brando’s career_** A former prize-fighter (Marlon) wrestles with his conscience as a longshoreman on the Hudson River across from Manhattan and the Empire State Building. He finds himself attracted to the sister (Eva Marie Saint) of a murdered d ....
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