On the Waterfront
The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
- Director
- Elia Kazan
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $10M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How On the Waterfront actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
On the Waterfront appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #82
Placed at #82 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
On the Waterfront returned 10.6× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $910,000
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $10M
- Release date
- Jun 22, 1954
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- MPAA rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
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