On the waterfront

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On the waterfront / Horizon Pictures ; an Elia Kazan production ; directed by Elia Kazan ; produced by Sam Spiegel ; screenplay by Budd Schulberg. - United States : Columbia Pictures, 1954 ; United States : RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, [1984?] : United States : Columbia TriStar Home Video, 1995] - 11 film reels of 11 on 6 (ca. 108 min., ca. 9,720 ft.) : sd., b&w ; 35 mm. theatrical projection print.

(Columbia classics)

(Studio heritage collection)

Author

Kazan Elia direction. Spiegel Sam production. Schulberg Budd writing. Brando Marlon cast. Malden Karl cast. Cobb Lee J. 1911-1976, cast. Steiger Rod 1925-2002, cast. Saint Eva Marie 1924- cast. Bernstein Leonard music. Milford Gene editing. Kaufman Boris camera.

Subject

Stevedores Corruption Murder Organized crime Labor unions Brothers New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Genre/Form

Gangster Crime Social problem

Availability:

Czytelnia

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. FF (1 egz.)

Notes:

General note

LC's viewing copies are both reissues. DLC

Series titles apply to viewing copy (VAE 0298) only.

Summary taken from cassette box.

On cassette container (VAE 0298): Columbia TriStar Home Video ; 78043.

Viewing print was recanned 7/1997 from 1000 foot to 2000 foot cans; formerly numbered FGA 8323-8333. DLC

Theatrical projection print (copy 2) was acquired for LC's National Film Preservation Tour, featuring titles from the National Film Registry. DLC

Theatrical projection print (copy 1) viewed for credits.

Sources used: Variety, 7/14/1954; copyright data sheet; cassette box; Internet movie database website.

Creation/production credits note

Music by Leonard Bernstein ; film editor, Gene Milford ; cinematography, Boris Kaufman.

Participant or performer note

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

Summary, etc.

Streszczenie: Ex-fighter Terry Malloy could have been a contender, but now toils for boss Johnny Friendly on the waterfront. Terry is guilt-stricken when he lures a rebellious worker to his death. It takes the love of Edie Doyle, the dead man's sister, to show Terry how low he has fallen. When his crooked brother, Charley the Gent, is murdered for refusing to kill him, Terry battles to crush Friendly's underworld empire.

Immediate source of acquisition note

Received: 7/11/1995; gift; Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection.

Received: 10/29/1990; gift; Coca-Cola Company Collection.

Received: 11/25/1955; copyright deposit; Copyright Collection.

Received: 12/8/1992; gift; Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection

Received: 9-28-1995; gift; Sony Pictures Entertainment Collection

Awards note

This film was selected for the National Film Registry.