“On the Waterfront” was shot in New Jersey and in black and white giving the film an original oppressed look and adding to the intensity of its subject. The film itself is about a longshoreman and ex-prize fighter who confronts the corrupt leaders who run the dockers lives, in a challenge to expose their criminal acts.

This movie was wrongly accused of promoting communism and being anti American by unionists at the time. “On the Waterfront” became one of the greatest and most critically acclaimed films ever made; it featured brilliant acting, memorable scenes and emotional directing from Elia Kazan. In fact, in 1955, “On the Waterfront” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won 8 of them, as well as many other Awards such as Bodil Award, Directors Guild of America, Golden Globe, New York Film Critics Circle Award, Venice Film Festival, etc.

In “On the Waterfront” Marlon Brando character Terry Malloy finds himself in a mob-run labor union, and in his effort to 'get out', repeats much of what Kazan did in real life. In the most famous scene, Brando, confronts his brother (Steiger) who is about to set him up to

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