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On the Waterfront
Release Date: June 22, 1954
Year | : | 1954 |
Slogan | : | «The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!» |
Genres | : | Crime, Drama |
Production Companies | : | Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures |
Director | : | Elia Kazan |
Producers | : | George Justin, Sam Spiegel, Samuel Rheiner |
Writers | : | Budd Schulberg, Budd Schulberg |
RunTime | : | 108 mins. |
Budget | : | 910000 |
Revenue | : | 9600000 |
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.
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Trailer: On the Waterfront (1954) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]
Featurette: On the Waterfront: Three Reasons
Featurette: Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones Discuss On the Waterfront
Featurette: On the Waterfront - Aspect Ratio Visual Essay
Featurette: John Badham on On The Waterfront
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