1954 (USA) (Drama)
Starring: Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger, Lee J Cobb
Director: Elia Kazan
Marlon Brando stars as Terry Malloy, a washed-up prizefighter who, through the influence of his brother Charley (Rod Steiger), a lawyer for a corrupt waterfront union, is employed as an errand boy for the mob. After luring a fellow dockworker and friend to his death, Terry’s guilty conscience is awakened after much persuasion by the dead man’s sister and a crusading priest, and he eventually seeks redemption by co-operating with a crime commission’s investigation into the corrupt waterfront union.
This 4k restored version celebrates the 70th anniversary of On The Waterfront, which won 8 Oscars and numerous other awards.
(1hr 48min)