On the Waterfront

Plot summar

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers. Written by Colin Tinto {cst@imdb.com}

The Waterfront Crime Commission is about to hold public hearings on union crime and underworld infiltration. As workers are turned against each other, Terry Malloy inadvertently participates in the murder of fellow longshoreman Joey Doyle. Union boss Johnny Friendly orchestrates the murder along with other illegal dockside activities, aided by Terry's brother Charley. Terry begins to feel pangs of conscience. When Joey's sister Edie sees more in Terry than he sees in himself and Father Barry urges him on, Terry reassesses his past and begins to regain responsibility for his actions. Written by Bruce Janson {bruce@cs.su.oz.au}

Cast of On the Waterfront

	Marlon Brando	...	Terry Malloy
	Karl Malden	...	Father Barry
	Lee J. Cobb	...	Johnny Friendly
	Rod Steiger	...	Charley 'the Gent' Malloy
	Pat Henning	...	Timothy J. 'Kayo' Dugan
	Leif Erickson	...	Glover
	James Westerfield	...	Big Mac
	Tony Galento	...	Truck
	Tami Mauriello	...	Tullio
	John F. Hamilton	...	'Pop' Doyle (as John Hamilton)
	John Heldabrand	...	Mutt
	Rudy Bond	...	Moose
	Don Blackman	...	Luke
	Arthur Keegan	...	Jimmy
	Abe Simon	...	Barney