Production
Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation
On the Waterfront is based on a series of articles by Malcolm Johnson
about corruption on the New York docks. Marlon Brando is brilliant as Terry
Malloy who takes on Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the docker's union.
After witnesses a murder by Johnny's men he befriends the victim's sister.
Terry's brother, Charley, was involved in the murder and Terry doesn't know
whether to report his brother to the police or not. The classic "I could
have been a contender" dialogue in the taxicab is one of the most moving is
cinematic history. It has been said that Elia Kazan made On the Waterfront
to justify his own informing on film-makers of the time for corrupt practices.
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