On the Waterfront

About On the Waterfront

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

On the Waterfront is a 1954 crime romance film directed by Elia Kazan. Released in June 1954, it runs 108 minutes.

The film is filed under corruption, mafia, new jersey, and pigeon.

Marlon Brando appears as Terry Malloy, Eva Marie Saint as Edie Doyle, Karl Malden as Father Barry, and Lee J. Cobb as Johnny Friendly. The screenplay is by Budd Schulberg. Produced by Horizon Pictures. In the United States it streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.

Scarface, Cop Land, and Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai make useful companions to On the Waterfront, all filed under excited. TMDB voters put it at 7.8 out of 10 across 1,857 votes and it carries a NR rating.