An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. To be honest i was never a huge fan of Marlon Brando i always found him to be quite arrogant and way over his head and his best perfomances was in The Godfather (1972) and Superman: The Movie (1978) other than that i was never that much into him and 'On the Waterfront' is not that much of a good film and even he seemed to quite phoning it in a few times and it's definitely not that good as IMDb desperately tries you to think it actually is cause it ain't. (0/10)

You would think the equilibrium for cinema would be more than a mere one two punch sort of combo, that for a great film to be made it'd be required that it would master a number of things, not simply make sure it contains a couple things.Here, Marlon Brando plays the sensitive big man, ex-prize fighter. The whole idea of the film is there's a mafia in town that's forcing an omerta city-wide and a few like a priest or others are standing in its way calling it out for its oppressive ways. So far, nothing revolutionary. Brando and Eva Marie Saint and the other actors all do a really good job at their roles. So far, we're at standard level.Brando is linked to some key members of the 'mafia' mob including the big boss and tries to help out Saint's character, who's lost her brother earlier in the film. So he's torn between trying to help her out from goodness of heart and purity, and keeping his mouth shut; this is a major crucial theme in the film: you're either a "D n d (deaf and dumb) or a "canary" (a squealer).The film is basically a constant strain between silence and speaking out the truth, but at no moment, despite the dramatic climaxes and attempts to draw in the viewer, is that theme explored in an interesting or particular light; we're just given these most obvious, common narrative and theme which are fine but by no stretch of the imagination anything unique or above 'good' in quality.So as explained earlier in this text, sometimes you just need to put a couple of things together: good acting, an obvious but engaging theme, with a mafia-type environment. The film is well constructed enough, but not anymore than an endless myriad of others.6.5/10.

The movie is rich with awards and recognition. The movie was nominated for 12 Oscars and won 8. Exceptional and outstanding in all the ways, the actor's performance, direction, cinematography, music etc. The first movie of Eva Marie Saint. She won Oscar for the best supporting actress. Her chemistry with Marlon Brando was amazing. The dock is ruled by a corrupt man called Johnny Friendly. The protagonist, Terry Malloy works for Johnny. Johny kills a man who stands against him. Terry is the only person who knew what happened. To add to the situation Terry falls in love with the sister of the victim.A definitely must watch movie. Do not miss this.#KiduMovie

Terry Malloy is a dockworker. He was a very promising boxer until, upon instruction, he deliberately took a dive. His career never recovered. The waterfront is run my Union/mob boss Johnny Friendly and Terry's brother Charley is his right-hand man. Terry tries to not get involved in the skulduggery, and also keeps his mouth shut when the law intervenes. However, his conscience is pricked when he becomes involved with Edie, the sister of a man Johnny had killed (an event Terry had a minor, non-forewarned part in). Friendly gets wind of Terry's change of heart and now Terry's life is in danger.Great movie, an absolute classic. Solid, gritty plot. Good direction by Elia Kazan.Marlon Brando gives one of the greatest performances in cinematic history - the Best Actor Oscar was very well deserved (this after being nominated each year for the previous three years). Supporting cast are great too - four of them got supporting actor/actress nominations - Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee Cobb and Rod Steiger - and Eva Marie Saint won an Oscar.The movie itself won the 1955 Best Picture Oscar, plus seven other Oscars including Best Director for Kazan.