On the Waterfront
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Directed by | Elia Kazan |
Produced by | Sam Spiegel |
Written by | Malcolm Johnson (writings), Budd Schulberg (story and screenplay) |
Music by | Leonard Bernstein |
Cinematograpy by | Boris Kaufman |
Edited by | Gene Milford |
Starring | Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger |
Production companies | Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Released | July 28, 1954 |
Running time | 108 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $910,000 (estimated) |
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On the Waterfront is a 1954 movie about mob violence among longshoremen (people who unload ships). Directed by Elia Kazan, it stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint and Karl Malden.
The movie won eight Academy Awards: for Best Picture, Best Actor (Brando), Best Supporting Actress (Saint), Best Art Direction, Best Director (Kazan), Best Cinematography (Boris Kaufman), Best Film Editing (Gene Milford) and Best Original Screenpaly (Budd Schulberg).
Its most famous line is "I could've been a contender", said by Brando's character, Terry Malloy. In 2005, it ranked third on AFI's list of the one hundred most famous quotes in movie history [1].
Five years earlier, it was the eighth most popular movie on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies list.