ApprovedOn the Waterfront

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IMDB (165,918 votes)

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Play Time: 108 mins
Crime, Drama, Romance
On the Waterfront

Overview:
A dim-witted yet kind-hearted boxer, Terry Malloy, who failed to succeed unintentionally lures a man to his death after being tricked by a criminal called Johnny Friendly whose men pick of every man who has the courage to speak up to their crimes. As he works on the waterfronts that Friendly owns, he is sent to a church meeting run by a good preacher about how to deal with the problem and runs into the dead man’s sister. Slowly, he falls in love with her and begins to feel guilt about his crime.

Status: Released (1954-06-22)
Awards:Won 8 Oscars. 30 wins & 10 nominations total
Screen:Budd Schulberg, Malcolm Johnson, Robert Siodmak
Productions: Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
On the Waterfront
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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 ....

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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.

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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 ....

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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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