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On the Waterfront
On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

1954 108 min ★ 7.9 Crime, Drama, Romance

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

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Cast

Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando

Terry Malloy

Eva Marie Saint

Eva Marie Saint

Edie Doyle

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

Father Barry

Lee J. Cobb

Lee J. Cobb

Johnny Friendly

Rod Steiger

Rod Steiger

Charley Malloy

Pat Henning

Pat Henning

Kayo Dugan

Leif Erickson

Leif Erickson

Glover

James Westerfield

James Westerfield

Big Mac

Tony Galento

Tony Galento

Truck

Tami Mauriello

Tillio

Details

Director

Elia Kazan

Screenplay

Budd Schulberg

Tagline

"The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$910,000

Revenue

$9,600,631

Production

Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures

Reviews

J

John Chard

September 6, 2020

★ 10/10

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 Malcolm Johnson articles. It stars Marlon Brando, lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Pat Henning....

J

James

October 20, 2023

★ 7/10

This coulda’ been a contender in a lot of greatest movie polls if people just took a second to fully appreciate it.

C

CinemaSerf

April 6, 2024

★ 7/10

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 standing over a corpse, that of "Doyle". The deceased had been reputedly chatting with the crime commissioner and so...

W

Wuchak

May 30, 2024

★ 6/10

**_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 dockworker while his lawyer brother (Rod Steiger) defends the corrupt Union boss (Lee J. Cobb). Karl Malden is on han...

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