Title On the Waterfront Overview Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers. Tagline The Man Lived by the Jungle Law of the Docks! Genres Crime, Drama Keywords murder, suspense, union, dock, longshoreman, pigeon Production Companies Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures Production Countries United States of America Spoken Languages English Original Language en Runtime minutes 108 Release Year 1954
Worldwide box office revenue: approximately 10 million USD