

On the Waterfront
The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!
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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7.8/10
1,862 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $910K
- Box office
- $9.6M
- Language
- English
- corruption
- new jersey
- murder
- mafia
- black and white
- union
- dock
- longshoreman
- pigeon
- ex-boxer
- excited
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York28 Jul 1954
United KingdomGB
- PhysicalPG16 Sept 1985
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalPGVideotape14 Dec 1984
AustriaAT
- Theatrical15 Apr 1955
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical143 Dec 1954
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1522 Jun 1954
- Theatrical158 Oct 1954
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-1619 Nov 1954
FranceFR
- TheatricalTPVisa CNC 1578714 Jan 1955
- PhysicalDVD12 Dec 2001
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Feb 2016
- PhysicalBlu-Ray3 May 2023
GermanyDE
- Theatrical125 Nov 1954
GreeceGR
- TheatricalRe-Issue9 Jul 2026
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1826 Jul 1980
IrelandIE
- Theatrical158 Oct 1954
Frequently asked questions
On the Waterfront was released on 22 June 1954.
Audience reviews
4- J10/10
John Chard
9/6/2020
You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? You're a cheap, lousy, dirty, stinkin' mug! And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done! On the Waterfront is directed by Elia Kazan and adapted to screenplay by Budd Schulberg from a series of Malcolm Johnson articles. It stars Marlon Brando, lee J. Cobb, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger and Pat Henning. Music is by Leonard…
- J7/10
James
10/20/2023
This coulda’ been a contender in a lot of greatest movie polls if people just took a second to fully appreciate it.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/6/2024
Although it's Marlon Brando who takes top billing here, I found it was Karl Malden's "Father Barry" who stole the story as the priest who is determined to galvanises the New York dockers to step out from under the oppressive shadow of their boss "Johnny Friendly" (Lee J. Cobb). He's standing over a corpse, that of "Doyle". The deceased had been reputedly chatting with the crime commissioner and so took an unexpected …
- W6/10
Wuchak
5/30/2024
**_Popular quasi-film noir early in Brando’s career_** A former prize-fighter (Marlon) wrestles with his conscience as a longshoreman on the Hudson River across from Manhattan and the Empire State Building. He finds himself attracted to the sister (Eva Marie Saint) of a murdered dockworker while his lawyer brother (Rod Steiger) defends the corrupt Union boss (Lee J. Cobb). Karl Malden is on hand as a concerned loc…
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