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On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront

ON THE WATERFRONT (1950)
Friday, April 18 at 7 p.m.

On the Waterfront is a crime drama about union violence and corruption among longshoremen. Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, and, in her film debut, Eva Marie Saint, it is based on "Crime on the Waterfront", a series of articles in the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson. The series won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting. The stories detailed widespread corruption, extortion and racketeering on the waterfronts of Manhattan and Brooklyn.

On the Waterfront was a huge critical and commercial success and received 12 Academy Award nominations, winning eight, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Brando, Best Supporting Actress for Saint, and Best Director for Kazan. In 1997 it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the eighth greatest American movie of all time. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg.

Not Rated. 108 mins.

Savannah College of Art and Design