On The Waterfront (1954)

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Genres:

Classics | Drama

Languages:

English | German | Spanish | Italian | French

Reviews:

2 reviews

Released:

10 December 2001

Format:

DVD

Staring

Director

Elia Kazan

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Marcia from Dublin, 22 Mar 2012

Classic B&W drama with understated performance by Brando. Underlying social issues highlighted. Could do without the overplayed romantic interlude which is really superfluous to the story. Probably a movie you could watch over and get something different from every time.

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Brilliant!

Holly from Wicklow, 25 Jan 2011

Marlon Brando........need I say more!!I think it's a great oldie!

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Elia Kazan's compelling social drama was the winner of eight Academy Awards and marks one of Marlon Brando's finest screen performances. Brando is Terry Malloy, a handsome but inarticulate longshoreman, who gets involved in a labor scandal when a fellow dock worker is murdered. He knows that the victim was killed by the oppressive labor union for squealing to a commission investigating misdoings. Terry intends to keep his mouth shut and his job safe. But when Edie (Eva Marie-Saint),...

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