On the Waterfront ()
Cast: Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger
Release Date: October 1, 1954
Runtime: 1 hr. 46 mins.
Genre: Drama, Detective
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen's most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy AwardŽ winner for Best Film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy (Brando) could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man's sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld empire.
Synopsis
Marlon Brando gives one of the screen's most electrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy AwardŽ winner for Best Film. Ex-fighter Terry Malloy (Brando) could have been a contender but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken, however, when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. But it takes the love of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man's sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother Charley the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutally murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld empire.