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Crime, Drama
Elia Kazan
Budd Schulberg
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Marlon Brando
Karl Malden
Lee J. Cobb
Rod Steiger
Pat Henning
Leif Erickson
James Westerfield
Tony Galento
John F. Hamilton
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Brando RIP
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Essential Collection - 1954
Cinema 101
Cut!

On The Waterfront

(1954)
92 reviews
Film rated 4.4 / 5  (Chick rating: 4.6 / 5)  (Guy rating: 4.3 / 5)
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Brando achieves Sainthood.
BaftaBaby 
  Vote (15)   
Pug pays Palookaville price.
lemmycaution 
  Vote (2)   
Pugilist improvises 'contender' assertion.
AC 
  Vote (3)   
Open wharfare.
Fresno 
  Vote (12)   
Boxer takes Union's blows.
Beanmimo 
  Vote (7)   
Brando consequently became someone.
SixFourian 
  Vote (34)   
Pigeons, cranes and canaries.
Koli 
  Vote (5)   
Canary. Wharf.
Sean 
  Vote (19)   
Dock martyrin'.
SixFourian 
  Vote (18)   
Pigeon-fancier becomes 'canary'.
Koli 
  Vote (4)   
Non-contender gets contentious.
Koli 
  Vote (9)   
Brando feels pier pressure.
RockGolf 
  Vote (52)   
Brando sings like canary.
Arch Stanton 
  Vote (3)   
Script definitely a contender!
Steve 
  Vote (7)   
Kazan's masterpiece in Joisey.
ericears 
  Vote (3)   
Dock tale.
SixFourian 
  Vote (28)   
Ex-fighter testifies against union.
MelissaS 
  Vote    
Is Joey's jacket jinxed?
Koli 
  Vote (3)   
Fighter, docker, then canary.
Sean 
  Vote (8)   
Nobody. Contender. Bum. Somebody.
bife 
  Vote (1)   
Dock. Human Terry.
RockGolf 
  Vote (17)   
Pre-heavyweight Brando fights corruption.
VP19 
  Vote (6)   
Malloy fights unFriendly bosses.
ChocolateLady 
  Vote (3)   
Brando rats out union.
Please Kill Me Now 
  Vote    
Contender status eludes Brando.
Please Kill Me Now 
  Vote    
Coulda been contender...bummer.
tommyboy 
  Vote    
Godfather has union troubles.
Yukon 
  Vote (8)   
Brando's stuck in Palookaville.
Please Kill Me Now 
  Vote    
The Godfighter.
thefoxboy 
  Vote (11)   
Bum isn't a contender.
Yukon 
  Vote (2)   
Kazan mythologizes stool pigeon.
Please Kill Me Now 
  Vote    
'Bum' kicks union ass.
Yukon 
  Vote (8)   
Brando takes a dive.
Sexy Panda 
  Vote (3)   
Brando's championship potential ruined.
Yukon 
  Vote (1)   
Contender becomes Oscar winner.
Yukon 
  Vote (4)   
Longshoreman's in the Dock.
demonic 
  Vote (4)   
Palooka finally keeps job.
MguyX 
  Vote    
Goon. Dock. Saint.
Yukon 
  Vote (1)   
Steiger made Brando bum.
tommyboy 
  Vote    
Brando's pier-less performance.
Domer 
  Vote (3)   
Brando punch-drunk on pier.
Please Kill Me Now 
  Vote    
Punchy Brando piers intently.
randall 
  Vote (1)   
Brando bemoans being bum.
Rovark 
  Vote (1)   
Wharfare.
Corduroy Pillow 
  Vote (48)   
Con tender.
Corduroy Pillow 
  Vote (18)   
Brando Malden re:union.
bennyr81 
  Vote (12)   
Boss Cobb not Friendly.
Josh the cat 
  Vote (3)   
Terry breaks Union confederacy.
MM0rkeleb 
  Vote (11)   
Steiger gets the hook.
AuggieWren 
  Vote (1)   
Brando's Palookaville movie.
el guapo 
  Vote    
Palookaville trip not enjoyed.
Montgomery 
  Vote (2)   
Kazan hates unions.
Sludge 
  Vote (1)   
Brando displays Kazan's canary.
thechad 
  Vote    
Boxer under "pier" pressure.
Little Old Lady... 
  Vote (1)   
Slugger seduces a Saint
kolo 
  Vote    
Brando beaten by piers.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (6)   
Girl saves Brando.
happy meal 
  Vote    
Brando. Brothers.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (1)   
Communist sympathizers, union thugs?
Sludge 
  Vote    
Dock Coup.
koudy 
  Vote (5)   
'Canary Row'.
Sludge 
  Vote (2)   
Brando: contender coulda-been.
redPen 
  Vote (1)   
Brando plays quay role.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (8)   
Palooka Brando eschews venality.
Dante 
  Vote    
Marlon caught at pier.
Montgomery 
  Vote (4)   
Contenda: Coulda. Woulda. Shoulda.
Sludge 
  Vote    
Cobb's Johnny Friendly isn't.
Roller 
  Vote    
Dreams of contending docked.
Downtown 
  Vote (1)   
Terry, Charley: brother, hood.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (14)   
Snitches get stitches.
Will_I_Am 
  Vote (1)   
Brando lugs methodic temper.
stellawine 
  Vote    
Ex-potential contender laments opportunities.
benj clews 
  Vote (3)   
Dock, queue, men, Terry.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (2)   
Fighter regrets dancin'.
Sludge 
  Vote (3)   
Mobsters mess up Marlon.
shadowman 
  Vote    
Pretender contender gender defender.
CrackerJack 
  Vote (2)   
Johnny Friendly's jolly unfriendly.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (1)   
Brando coulda contended.
normalvision 
  Vote    
Cheated ex-boxer harbours resentment.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (4)   
Brando is no bum.
AC 
  Vote    
Elia exposes shipyard shenanigans
kolo 
  Vote    
Brando: pigeon-loving pugilist.
kolo 
  Vote (1)   
Palookaville: no round-trips.
Sludge 
  Vote (6)   
Brando becomes wharf rat.
Catuli 
  Vote (1)   
Saint saves Brando's soul.
Durk 
  Vote (1)   
Ex-boxer wears lady's glove.
Wilson Flanges 
  Vote    
Brando in staggering finale.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (4)   
Brando dives at wharf.
Montgomery 
  Vote    
Dock-u-drama.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (10)   
Brando is unFriendly Fighter
kolo 
  Vote    
Fighter faces Johnny not-so-Friendly.
numnum40 
  Vote (2)   
Brando--pulped face, speech.
clay 
  Vote (5)   
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