Storyline
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
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Cast
Eva Marie Saint, Marlon Brando, Lee J. Cobb, Fred Gwynne, Martin Balsam, Pat Hingle, Rod Steiger, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael V. Gazzo, Karl Malden, Rudy Bond, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello, John F. Hamilton, John Heldabrand, Don Blackman, Arthur Keegan, Abe Simon, Scottie MacGregor
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Reviews
100
The acting and the best dialogue passages have an impact that has not dimmed; it is still possible to feel the power of the film and of Brando and Kazan, who changed American movie acting forever.
100
The chance to watch a four-star classic the way it was meant to be seen -- fresh print, big screen -- is so rare as to be worth the trip.
100
As unspoiled in its key elements as the day it was made, "On the Waterfront" is indisputably one of the great American films, its power undiminished. Even more today than half a century ago, it demands to be seen.
90
A draining experience from beginning to end, relentless in its portrayal of inhumanity.
88
ReelViews
On the Waterfront may have baggage, but that doesn't prevent it from being one of the great American productions of the mid-20th century.
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