On the Waterfront
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.
Crime, Drama
Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures
Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy, Karl Malden as Father Barry, Lee J. Cobb as Johnny Friendly, Rod Steiger as Charlie Malloy, Pat Henning as Timothy Dugan, Leif Erickson as Glover, James Westerfield as Big Mac, Tony Galento as Truck, Tami Mauriello as Tillio, John F. Hamilton as 'Pop' Doyle, John Heldabrand as Mott, Rudy Bond as Moose, Don Blackman as Luke, Arthur Keegan as Jimmy, Abe Simon as Barney, Eva Marie Saint as Edie Doyle, Martin Balsam as Gillette (uncredited), Michael V. Gazzo as Bit Part (uncredited), Fred Gwynne as Slim (uncredited), Pat Hingle as Jocko (uncredited), Scottie MacGregor as Mother of a Longshoreman (uncredited), Nehemiah Persoff as Cab Driver (uncredited)