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On the Waterfront

1954 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.9/10

Rating

108 min

Runtime

1954

Release Year

Elia Kazan

Director

Cast

Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger

Quick Synopsis

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

Full Plot Summary of On the Waterfront

A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.

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