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On the waterfront [videorecording] / Columbia Pictures Corporation ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; directed by Elia Kazan.

Contributor(s): Kazan, Elia | Spiegel, Sam | Schulberg, Budd | Brando, Marlon | Malden, Karl | Cobb, Lee J, 1911-1976 | Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002 | Henning, Pat, 1911-1973 | Erickson, Leif, 1911-1986 | Westerfield, James, 1913-1971 | Saint, Eva Marie, 1924- | Columbia Pictures corporation | Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher: Culver City, CA : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2001Edition: Special ed.Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 108 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.Subject(s): Stevedores -- Labor unions -- Corrupt practices -- Drama | Stevedores -- DramaDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Photographer, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Gene Milford ; music, Leonard Bernstein
Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Eva Marie SaintSummary: 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
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791.4372 ONT 2001 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525437

Region 1; Dolby digital; full screen presentation

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954

Based on a story by Budd Schulberg

Special features: exclusive featurette; audio commentary with film critic/author Richard Schickel and Elia Kazan biographer Jeff Young; Elia Kazan interview; theatrical trailers; filmographies; production notes; video photo gallery

Photographer, Boris Kaufman ; editor, Gene Milford ; music, Leonard Bernstein

Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, James Westerfield, Eva Marie Saint

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

In English or dubbed French with optional subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, or Thai; closed-captioned 271