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On the Waterfront (1954)

★ 7.9 · 1,764 ratings on TMDB

The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!

On the Waterfront poster★ 7.9

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

DirectorElia Kazan
CastEva Marie Saint, James Westerfield, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Leif Erickson, Marlon Brando
GenresCrime, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

On the Waterfront keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Shared director or cast.

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