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On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. The black-and-white film was inspired by "Crime on the ...
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On the Waterfront, American dramatic film, released in 1954, that presented a powerful account of union corruption and was directed by Elia Kazan. The movie, which featured one of Marlon Brando’s most memorable performances, was a critical and popular success, winning eight Academy Awards, including that for best picture.
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As the movie begins, Terry Malloy (played by Brando), a former boxer turned dockworker, leaves the waterfront office of union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) with instructions to lure another longshoreman, Joey Doyle (Ben Wagner), to the roof of Joey’s apartment building. Joey, who was planning to testify before the Waterfront Crime Commission, is later thrown from the roof by Friendly’s henchmen. A shocked Terry says that he thought that Joey would be talked to, not killed. A crowd gathers around Joey’s body. His father, Pop Doyle (John Hamilton), says that he told Joey not to talk. Joey’s distraught sister, Edie (Eva Marie Saint), wants to know who killed him. Father Barry (Karl Malden) administers last rites.
The next morning, Terry attends to his pigeons at his rooftop dovecote before heading to the docks. At the waterfront, Pop Doyle gives Joey’s jacket to Kayo Dugan (Pat Henning). Terry is later approached by two men from the crime commission, Glover (Leif Erickson) and Gillette (Martin Balsam), who ask about Joey’s death. Terry claims not to know anything. Father Barry is also at the docks, and after observing the unfair distribution of work assignments, he suggests that those who dislike the system meet at his church. At the request of his brother, Charley (Rod Steiger), who is Friendly’s lawyer and right-hand man, Terry attends the gathering. There Father Barry urges the assembled dockworkers to stand up to Friendly, but the meeting ends when Friendly’s henchmen attack the church. Terry leads Edie to safety, and Kayo then promises Father Barry that he will testify.
•Studios: Columbia Pictures Corporation and Horizon Pictures
•Director: Elia Kazan
•Writer: Budd Schulberg
•Music: Leonard Bernstein
•Marlon Brando (Terry Malloy)
•Lee J. Cobb (Johnny Friendly)
•Karl Malden (Father Barry)
•Rod Steiger (Charley Malloy)
•Lead actor* (Marlon Brando)
•Supporting actor (Lee J. Cobb)
•Supporting actor (Karl Malden)
•Supporting actor (Rod Steiger)
•Supporting actress* (Eva Marie Saint)
•Art direction (black-and-white)*
- Patricia Bauer
He would next receive Oscar nominations for portraying Emiliano Zapata in Viva Zapata! (1952); [5] Mark Antony in Julius Caesar (1953); [6] and finally, Terry Malloy in On the Waterfront (1954), for which he garnered his first Academy Award and Golden Globe victory. [7] He also won the Cannes Best Actor prize for Viva Zapata!.
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Nominated for 12 Oscars and winning eight, including Best Actor for Brando and Directing for Kazan, On the Waterfront remains a haunting portrait of life on the margins. Hollywood legend Eva Marie Saint, whose 60-year film career includes collaborations with Hitchcock, Preminger and Zinnemann, will appear in person to reminisce about working ...
More than most movies, “On the Waterfront” carries the almost unbearable weight of its era’s struggles and the personal histories of its makers. The 1954 Academy Award best picture has had as many detractors as ad-mirers over the years. Someday the film may be appre-ciated apart from painful memories and bitter recrimi-
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Mar 24, 2019 · -Marlon Brando’s Oscar for Best Actor for the role of Terry Malloy was either lost or stolen and later turned up at a London auction house. -Many studios were not interested in making a movie about ‘sweaty longshoremen’ and even Colombia Pictures boss Harry Cohn predicted that his $90,000 film would tank at the box-office.
