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On the Waterfront

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1954
1h 48m
English
Crime, Drama, Romance
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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.
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Cast

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Marlon Brando
Terry Malloy
Karl Malden
Father Barry
Lee J Cobb
Johnny Friendly
Eva Marie Saint
Edie Doyle
Rod Steiger
Charley Malloy
Pat Henning
Kayo Dugan
Leif Erickson
James Westerfield
Tony Galento
Tami Mauriello
John F Hamilton
'Pop' Doyle
John Heldabrand
Rudy Bond
Don Blackman
Arthur Keegan
Abe Simon
Barney
Martin Balsam
Gillette (uncredited)
Dan Bergin
Sidney (uncredited)
Zachary Charles
Dues Collector (uncredited)
Fred Gwynne
Slim (uncredited)
Anne Hegira
Mrs. Collins (uncredited)
Pat Hingle
Jocko (uncredited)
Katherine MacGregor
Longshoreman's Mother (uncredited)
Barry Macollum
Johnny's Banker (uncredited)
Tiger Joe Marsh
Longshoreman (uncredited)
Directed By: Elia Kazan
Written By: Budd Schulberg (Original Story)

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gahudnall-deleted-1490229630 says...
11 years ago
A classic - a Brando classic.
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AlfieSGD says...
8 months ago
As with many older films, it took me a while to get into "On the Waterfront." But once I did, I was completely immersed in it. Marlon Brando delivers a fantastic performance as the main character, Terry, and most of the other acting is top-notch as well. At the same time, the film is an intriguing milieu study of dockworkers' lives in postwar New York, as well as the influence of corrupt and mob-controlled unions. Sre, it's all a bit of an exaggerated portrayal, but it's effective all the same. The whole film experience is rounded out by strong cinematography as well as the fitting score by Leonard Bernstein. With modern eyes, "On the Waterfront" may be a bit of a slog, but it is still a rewarding experience all the way through.
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JoeyvanAwesome says...
2 months ago
Good movie, just not amazing! A real fast and easy view, nonetheless. What is amazing, is Marlon Brando’s conflicted character. Great acting from a legend.
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soonertbone says...
2 weeks ago
The politics here, as envisioned by Kazan, have not aged well, as he seems to be arguing a moral equivalence between informing on organized crime and naming names in front of HUAC. It's icky to ignore the context here, but the movie as a self-contained work is absolutely masterful. Brando is such a live wire, but I also appreciated Eva Marie Saint's raw, tenacious performance. (Also shoutout to the background cast of union mobsters, which have the meanest set of mugs this side of the Sopranos.)
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JN2012
4 months ago
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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John Chard
4 years ago
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 artic More
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