On The Waterfront

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On The Waterfront - Special Edition

The gripping story of an ex-prize fighter's struggle against union corruption on the New York City’s waterfront. The film stars Marlon Brando who dreams of being a prizefighter: “I coulda been a contenda”. Meanwhile he tends his pigeons and running errands at the docks for the corrupt boss of the dockers union. He witnesses a murder by two of the corrupt boss’ thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and eventually feels responsible for the man’s death. She introduces him to a priest who tries to convince him to give law officials information that could smash the dock racketeers. Also stars Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger.

Selected for the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry of American Film.

DVD

Audio Tracks: English and French
Available subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Closed-captioned
Commentary by Film Critic/Writer Richard Schickel and Elia Kazan’s biographer Jeff Young
Production notes
Theatrical trailer(s)
Exclusive Featurette: CONTENDER-Mastering the Method
Elia Kazan Interview
Vintage Photo Gallery
Talent Files (Elia Kazan, Writer Budd Schulberg, Marlon Brando, Rod Steiger Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb and Eva Marie Saint)
Full-screen format

Curator's Comments:
Read Roger Ebert's essay on this DVD Classic.

Director: Elia Kazan
Black & White
108 minutes
Released: 1954
Rated: PG

Country: U.S.A.
Language: English
Genre: Crime / Drama

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