Movie #81: On the Waterfront

Movie #: 81
Movie Title: On the Waterfront
Year Released: 1954

Director: Elia Kazan
Notable Cast: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger

Short Description: An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

AFI.com: #19
IMDB.com: N/A
Ranker.com: N/A
Lifed.com: N/A
Empire.com: #46
FilmCrave.com: N/A
FlickChart.com: #85



Date Watched: 7/15/2016

Grade: 2.5 out of 5 (Satisfactory)

Rationale: Not gonna lie, I don’t remember much about On the Waterfront. The movie started out so slow that I lost interest quick and by the time the moderately exciting confrontation between Marlon Brando’s Terry Malloy and Lee J. Cobb's corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly came around I just didn’t care as much as I could have or probably should have. At the least there was one particular speech by Karl Malden's Father Barry that seemed passionate and moving so not all was lost on me.