Story Line
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
“The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!”
Top Cast
Marlon Brando
Terry Malloy
Eva Marie Saint
Edie Doyle
Karl Malden
Father Barry
Lee J. Cobb
Johnny Friendly
Rod Steiger
Charley Malloy
Pat Henning
Kayo Dugan
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1954-06-22
Runtime
1h 48m
Genres
CrimeDramaRomance
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User Reviews (4)
John Chard
10/10
•9/6/2020You 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 Bud...
James
7/10
•10/20/2023This coulda’ been a contender in a lot of greatest movie polls if people just took a second to fully appreciate it.
CinemaSerf
7/10
•4/6/2024Although 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 "Joh...
Wuchak
6/10
•5/30/2024**_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...