On the waterfront
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Movie propaganda
This movie is about organised crime's penetration of a longshoreman's union in New York in the 1950s. Several men break the community's code of silence and stand up to the intimidation of the gangsters to expose the murder of a friend.
Persons of interest
- Marlon Brando .... Terry Malloy
- Karl Malden .... Father Barry
- Lee J Cobb .... Johnny Friendly
- Rod Steiger .... Charley
"the Gent" Malloy
- Pat Henning .... Timothy J
"Kayo" Dugan
- Leif Erickson .... Glover
- James Westerfield .... Big Mac
- Tony Galento .... Truck
- Tami Mauriello .... Tullio
- John F Hamilton .... "Pop" Doyle
- John Heldabrand .... Mutt
- Rudy Bond .... Moose
- Don Blackman .... Luke
- Arthur Keegan .... Jimmy
- Abe Simon .... Barney
- Eva Marie Saint .... Edie Doyle
- Malcolm Johnson .... Author: Crime on the waterfront
- Budd Schulberg .... Screenwriter
- Elia Kazan .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Awards and film festivals:
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS - Oscars) 1954: Best picture, Best director, Best actor, Best supporting actress (Eva Marie Saint), Best art direction/set decoration (black and white), Best black and white cinematography, Best film editing, Best story, Best screenplay; Nominated: Best supporting actor (Lee J Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger), Best original score
- Directors Guild of America 1954: Best director
- Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globes) 1955: Best actor-drama, Best director, Best film-drama
- National Board of Review 1954: Ten best films of the year
- New York Film Critics 1954: Best actor, Best director, Best film
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
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Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: English (5.1); French, German, Italian, Spanish (mono)
- Disc: Single sided, dual layer
- Subtitles: English, Greek, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Hindi, Turkish, Danish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese, Hebrew
- Commentary: Elia Kazan, critic Richard Schickel and biographer Jeff Young
- 25 minute Behind-the-scenes featurette: Contender: Mastering the method
- Interview with Elia Kazan
- Talent profiles
- Video photo gallery
- Original and bonus movie trailers
- Picture disc
Security censorship classification
PG (Medium level violence)
Surveillance time
103 minutes (1:43 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
DVD rental: 6 February 2002
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