On the Waterfront (1954)

Marlon Brando is Terry Malloy, an ex-prize fighter struggling against union corruption along the New York waterfront, in Elia Kazan's film classic. Malloy's battle takes him all the way to the witness stand, where he finds himself testifying against union leaders. The film was Kazan's response to his decision to turn in the names of his Hollywood contemporaries during Senator Joe McCarthy's anti-Communism hearings. Cobb, Steiger, and Malden were all nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Oscars. Academy Award Nominations: 12. Academy Awards: 8, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Marlon Brando, B...
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This classic story of Mob informers was based on a number of true stories and filmed on location in and around the docks of New York and New Jersey. Mob-connected union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) rules the waterfront with an iron fist. The police know that he's been responsible for a number of murders, but witnesses play deaf and dumb ("plead D & D"). Washed-up boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) has had an errand-boy job because of the influence of his brother Charley, a crooked union lawyer (Rod Steiger). Witnessing one of Friendly's rub-outs, Terry is willing to keep his mouth shut until he meets the de...
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ad dockworker's sister, Edie (Eva Marie Saint). "Waterfront priest" Father Barry (Karl Malden) tells Terry that Edie's brother was killed because he was going to testify against boss Friendly before the crime commission. Because he could have intervened, but didn't, Terry feels somewhat responsible for the death. When Father Barry receives a beating from Friendly's goons, Terry is persuaded to cooperate with the commission. Featuring Brando's famous "I coulda been a contendah" speech, On the Waterfront has often been seen as an allegory of "naming names" against suspected Communists during the anti-Communist investigations of the 1950s. Director Elia Kazan famously informed on suspected Communists before a government committee -- unlike many of his colleagues, some of whom went to prison for refusing to "name names" and many more of whom were blacklisted from working in the film industry for many years to come -- and Budd Schulberg's screenplay has often been read as an elaborate defense of the informer's position. On the Waterfront won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor for Brando, and Best Supporting Actress for Saint.
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De Waterfront Crime Commission staat op het punt publieke hoorzittingen te houden over vakbondsmisdaden en infiltratie ervan door de onderwereld. Terwijl de havenarbeiders tegen elkaar worden opgestookt, wordt Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) ongewild betrokken bij de moord op een medehavenarbeider. De moord gebeurt in opdracht van maffiabaas Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) die tevens de vakbondsleider is en, geholpen door onder andere Terry's broer Charley (Rod Steiger), alle illegale criminele activiteiten in de haven overziet. Als Terry de zus van de vermoorde man ontmoet en leert kennen, begint de moord steeds zwaa...
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rder op zijn geweten te wegen. Hij wordt onder druk gezet door zowel de priester Barry (Karl Malden), die het zijn persoonlijke kruistocht gemaakt om de haven misdaadvrij te maken, als door de criminele vakbond die hun belangen willen beschermen tegen elke prijs.
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