| Release Date: | Jul 1954 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama / Romance |
| Awards: | Won 8 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 7 nominations |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
| Cast: | 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) |
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.
