On the Waterfront
1954 film by Elia Kazan · Released July 28, 1954
On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando, and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Bernstein, his only original film score. The black-and-white film was inspired by "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November–December 1948 in the New York Sun which won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting, but the screenplay by Budd Schulberg is directly based on his own original story.
Cast ages at release (July 28, 1954)
- Marlon Brando, as Terry Malloy: 30
- Karl Malden, as Father Pete Barry: 42
- Lee J. Cobb, as Michael J. Skelly a.k.a. "Johnny Friendly": 42
- Eva Marie Saint, as Edie Doyle: 30
- Rod Steiger, as Charley "the Gent" Malloy: 29
- Leif Erickson, as Lead Investigator for Crime Commission: 42
- Fred Gwynne, as Mladen "Slim" Sekulovich: 28
- James Westerfield, as Big Mac: 41
- Martin Balsam, as Gillette: 34
- Rudy Bond, as Moose: 41
- John F. Hamilton, as "Pop" Doyle: 60
- Pat Hingle, as Jocko: 30