On the Waterfront (1954) Marlon Brando Father Barry Lee J. Cobb Johnny Friendly Rod Steiger Charley 'the Gent' Malloy Pat Henning Timothy J. 'Kayo' Dugan Eva Marie Saint Edie Doyle Leif Erickson Glover James Westerfield Big Mac Tony Galento Truck Tami Mauriello Tullio John Hamilton 'Pop' Doyle John Heldabrand Mutt Rudy Bond Moose Don Blackman Luke Arthur Keegan Jimmy Abe Simon Barney Thomas Handley III Tommy Collins Directed by: Elia Kazan Produced by: Sam Spiegel A slightly dim-witted ex-boxer, working on the docks of Hoboken's waterfront, is challenged to step up to the mobsters who control the longshoremens' union by appearing before a state commission as witness after his lawyer brother and best friend are rubbed out. He is prodded to this calling by the local priest and the girl he loves--the sister of his murdered friend. ========== 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. ========== The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry's brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey's sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions.