On the Waterfront

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American film crime drama film film

On the Waterfront is a landmark 1954 American crime drama film starring Marlon Brando, renowned for its powerful performances and exploration of corruption and moral courage on the New Jersey docks.

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Label	Occurrences
On the Waterfront canonical	33
On the Waterfront (1954 film)	1
On the Waterfront character ensemble	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
aspectRatio	1.37:1 ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Black-and-White) Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black-and-White) Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Screenplay Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
basedOn	articles by Malcolm Johnson ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Boris Kaufman ⓘ
colorProcess	black-and-white ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dealsWith	testifying against organized crime ⓘ
director	Elia Kazan ⓘ
distributedBy	Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Gene Milford ⓘ
filmingLocation	Hoboken ⓘ surface form: Hoboken, New Jersey
genre	crime film ⓘ drama film ⓘ
includedIn	National Film Registry ⓘ
leadActor	Marlon Brando ⓘ
leadCharacter	Terry Malloy ⓘ
musicBy	Leonard Bernstein ⓘ
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
notableQuote	I coulda been a contender. ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
portrays	longshoremen ⓘ union corruption ⓘ
producer	Sam Spiegel ⓘ
productionCompany	Horizon Pictures ⓘ
recognizedAs	landmark American film ⓘ
releaseDate	1954-07-28 ⓘ
releaseYear	1954 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	108 ⓘ
screenwriter	Budd Schulberg ⓘ
setInLocation	New Jersey docks ⓘ
starring	Eva Marie Saint ⓘ Karl Malden ⓘ Lee J. Cobb ⓘ Marlon Brando ⓘ Rod Steiger ⓘ
theme	corruption ⓘ labor racketeering ⓘ moral courage ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting	early 1950s ⓘ

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Elia Kazan → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

Elia Kazan → directed → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Rod Steiger → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Marlon Brando → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Leif Erickson → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

Sam Spiegel → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Martin Balsam → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Karl Malden → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Rodney Stephen Steiger → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Eva Marie Saint → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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Boris Kaufman → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ

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this entity surface form: On the Waterfront (1954 film)

Budd Schulberg → notableWork → On the Waterfront ⓘ