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On the Waterfront is a 1954 American film about mob violence an corruption among longshoremen, and it has become a standard of its kind. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg; it stars Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger, Karl Malden and Lee J. Cobb. The soundtrack score was composed by Leonard Bernstein. The film deals with social issues, such as poverty and homelessness, which paralleled the emerging organization of labor. It was based on a series of articles written in the New York Sun by Malcolm Johnson.

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  • 1954:"You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender"
  • In this film Marlon Brando tells Rod Steiger, "You don't understand. I could've had class. I could've been a contender"
  • Terry Malloy, who could've been a contender
  • Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint each won one of this 1954 films 8 Oscars
  • Leonard Bernstein composed the soundtrack for this 1954 Marlon Brando film that won 8 Oscars
  • Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden & Rod Steiger were all Oscar contenders for this 1954 Marlon Brando film
  • James Gandolfini played the Rod Steiger role when this Marlon Brando film was adapted as a play in 1995
  • "Joey, Joey Doyle!...hey I got one of your birds...he flew into my coop"
  • "No. Wilson woulda killed you, Terry. You wouldn't have been a contender, just a bum, which is what you are. Sorry."
  • Marlon Brando returned the script to this 1954 Elia Kazan classic unread; the part nearly went to Frank Sinatra
  • Budd Schulberg (1954)
  • (VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):Eva Marie Saint made her screen debut in this classic film seen here: "Tarrytown. Where's that? It's in the country. I don't like the country...it makes me nervous"
  • 1954: "Dockside"
  • 1954 Best Picture Oscar winner set in part on the docks of New York

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