Episode 171 - On The Waterfront

"On the Waterfront" 1954 is from Columbia Pictures. Director Elia Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg created this crime drama and love story starring Marlon Brando as Terry Malloy and Eva Marie Saint as Edie Doyle. The movie centers on corruption, extortion and racketeering on the waterfronts of New York Harbor and the growing love between Terry and Eva. The film's story is partly modeled after real people and events involved in corruption investigations. A critical and financial success the film won eight Academy Awards including Best Picture. In the cast is Lee J. Cobb as union boss Michael J. Skelly, Rod Steiger as Charley "the Gent" Malloy, Father Barry played by Karl Malden, Leif Erickson as Lead Investigator for the Crime Commission and a sizeable and talented group of actors. The outstanding music by Leonard Bernstein and cinematography from Boris Kaufman are world class. The confrontation in the car between Terry Malloy and his brother Charley Malloy is one of the greatest scenes ever captured on film.