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Terry Malloy is a washed-up ex-prize fighter corrupted along with brother Charley at an early age by a ruthless Mob-connected union boss named Johnny Friendly, who runs the waterfront. Malloy is now an errand-boy for the union, while Charley (in return for a college education) is now a lawyer for th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Columbia Pictures Corporation, Horizon Pictures (G.B.), Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm), Swank Motion Pictures, Inc
Other Authors: Kazan, Elia (Director), Spiegel, Sam (Producer), Schulberg, Budd (Screenwriter), Brando, Marlon (Actor), Malden, Karl (Actor), Cobb, Lee J., 1911-1976 (Actor), Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 (Actor), Henning, Pat, 1911-1973 (Actor), Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986 (Actor), Westerfield, James, 1913-1971 (Actor), Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- (Actor), Kaufman, Boris (Cinematographer), Milford, Gene (Film editor)
Format: Video
Language:English
French
German
Language Notes:Closed captioned.
Soundtrack in English, French, and German; subtitles in English.
Subjects:
Schulberg, Budd > Film adaptations.
Johnson, Malcolm M. > (Malcolm Malone), > 1904-1976 > Film adaptations.
Johnson, Malcolm M. > (Malcolm Malone), > 1904-1976
Schulberg, Budd
Corruption > Drama.
Organized crime > Drama.
Clergy > Drama.
Stevedores > Labor unions > Corrupt practices > Drama.
New York (N.Y.) > Drama.
Gangster films.
Films de gangsters.
Sindicatos > Corrupción y prácticas corruptas > Teatro.
Clergy
Corruption
Gangster films
Organized crime
New York (State) > New York
Internet videos
Films for the hearing impaired
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Film adaptations
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Gangster > Feature.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Films de fiction.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Swank Digital Campus)
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Summary:Terry Malloy is a washed-up ex-prize fighter corrupted along with brother Charley at an early age by a ruthless Mob-connected union boss named Johnny Friendly, who runs the waterfront. Malloy is now an errand-boy for the union, while Charley (in return for a college education) is now a lawyer for them. Malloy assists in the killing of a longshoreman who was talking to the crime commission investigating the union. He soon meets the dead man's agonized sister, Edie Doyle, and has a change of mind. Activist priest Father Barry argues with Malloy about morality, responsibility, and doing the right thing. Malloy's guilt, his romantic feelings for Edie, and an assault on Father Barry overwhelm him and he turns informer. Malloy's defiant testimony before the commission leads to a climactic bloody battle that wrests the union from the boss' tenacious grasp.
Item Description:Based upon an original story by Budd Schulberg, suggested by articles by Malcolm Johnson.
Originally produced as an American motion picture in 1954.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (107 min.)) : sound, black and whiter.
Format:System requirements: Microsoft Silverlight.
Audience:MPAA Rating: Not rated; Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
Awards:Winner, 1954 Venice Film Festival: Italian Film Critics Award and Silver Lion-Elia Kazan; 1955 Academy Awards: Best Actor in a Leading Role-Marlon Brando; Best Actress in a Supporting Role-Eva Marie Saint; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White-Richard Day; Best Cinematography, Black-and-White-Boris Kaufman; Best Film Editing-Gene Milford; Best Writing, Story and Screenplay-Budd Schulberg; Best Director-Elia Kazan; Best Picture-Sam Spiegel.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Gene Milford ; art director, Richard Day ; music, Leonard Bernstein.