On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

108 mins | Drama, Crime | June 22, 1954

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.

On the Waterfront

108 mins | Drama, Crime | June 22, 1954

On the Waterfront
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.
IMDb rating 8.1
Producers Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures (II)
Original title On the Waterfront
Directors Roberta Hodes, Charles H. Maguire, Elia Kazan
Writers Budd Schulberg

Cast

Marlon Brando

as Terry Malloy

Karl Malden

as Father Barry

Lee J. Cobb

as Johnny Friendly

Eva Marie Saint

as Edie Doyle

Rod Steiger

as Charlie Malloy

Pat Henning

as Timothy Dugan

Leif Erickson

as Glover

James Westerfield

as Big Mac

Tony Galento

as Truck

Tami Mauriello

as Tillio

John F. Hamilton

as 'Pop' Doyle

John Heldabrand

as Mott

Rudy Bond

as Moose

Don Blackman

as Luke

Arthur Keegan

as Jimmy

Abe Simon

as Barney

Martin Balsam

as Gillette

Michael V. Gazzo

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Fred Gwynne

as Slim (uncredited)

Pat Hingle

as Jocko (uncredited)

Nehemiah Persoff

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Katherine MacGregor

as Longshoreman's Mother (uncredited)