On the Waterfront (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.
Movie Details
Genre: Crime, Drama
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning
Producer: Elia Kazan, George Justin, Boris Kaufman, Sam Spiegel, Anna Hill Johnstone
IMDb Score: 8.1/10 by 811 users
Runtime: 108 minutes
Released: 6/22/1954