On the Waterfront
1 HOUR 48 MINS
Drama
An ex-boxer turned dockworker stands up to a corrupt union boss who persuaded him to throw a fight.
Cast & Crew
Marlon Brando Terry Malloy
Eva Marie Saint Edie Doyle
Karl Malden Father Barry
Lee J. Cobb Johnny Friendly
Rod Steiger Charley
Leif Erickson Glover, Crime Commission
Martin Balsam Gillette
Fred Gwynne Slim
Pat Hingle Jocko (uncredited)
Elia Kazan Director
Leonard Bernstein Original Music
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Matt Roush says...
Today would have been screen legend Marlon Brandon’s 100th birthday, a fitting kickoff to Turner Classic Movies’ “Star of the Month” tributes on Wednesdays through April. The daylong marathon begins early at 6 am/5c with 1960’s The Fugitive Kind, with the prime-time lineup devoted to early performances that made Brando an instant pop-culture icon. In 1954’s On the Waterfront, he’s the brooding longshoreman Terry Malloy, who could have been a contender. From the same year, he oozes sensual menace as bad boy motorcycle-gang rebel Johnny Straibler in the influential The Wild One (10/9c), followed by his landmark performance as brutish Stanley Kowalski in 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire (11:30/10:30c), reprising his Broadway breakthrough role opposite Vivien Leigh.
