On The Waterfront: Best Picture 1954 - HomeVideos.com
ON THE WATERFRONT (Drama - NR)
PRODUCER: Sam Spiegel

ABOUT THE FILM

Hard-hitting, powerful melodrama about corruption and brutality on the New York waterfront and the longshoreman (Brando) who, at first goes along with the labor racketeers, and then turns against them.

DIRECTED BY:

Elia Kazan (who also won the Oscar for direction).

THE CAST INCLUDES

Marlon Brando / Oscared!
(VIVA ZAPATA, JULIUS CAESAR, THE GODFATHER, STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE, SAYONARA, THE WILD ONE, GUYS AND DOLLS, THE YOUNG LIONS, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY, THE UGLY AMERICAN, THE CHASE, LAST TANGO IN PARIS, THE MISSOURI BREAKS, SUPERMAN, APOCALYPSE NOW)

Eva Marie Saint / Oscared Supporting Actress! (THAT CERTAIN FEELING, RAINTREE COUNTRY, NORTH BY NORTHWEST, EXODUS, GRAND PRIX)

Karl Malden / Nominated Supporting Actor (A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, THE GUNFIGHTER, POLLYANN, BIRD MAN OF ALCATRAZ, CHEYENNE AUTUMN, PATTON, METEOR)

Lee J. Cobb / Nominated Supporting Actor
(THE SONG OF BERNADETTE, WINGED VICTORY, ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM, CALL NORTHSIDE 777, THE MAN IN THE GREY FLANNEL SUIT, TWELVE ANGRY MEN, THE THREE FACES OF EVE, EXODUS, HOW THE WEST WAS WON, OUR MAN FLINT, THE EXORCIST, THE MAN WHO LOVED CAT DANCING)

Rod Steiger / Nominated Supporting Actor
(IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, OKLAHOMA, THE COURT MARTIAL OF BILLY MITCHELL, THE LONGEST DAY, THE PAWNBROKER, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE ILLUSTRATED MAN, WATERLOO, THE AMITYVILL HORROR, LION OF THE DESERT)

With Pat Henning, Leif Erickson, Martin Balsam, James Westerfield, and John Hamilton.

ABOUT THE PRODUCER

Sam Spiegel (1901 - 1985), born in Poland, who's been in Hollywood since 1941 and has produced three Best Pictures: ON THE WATERFRONT (54), THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI (57), and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (62).

Spiegel's other works include: TALES OF MANHATTAN, THE AFRICAN QUEEN, THE CHASE, THE NIGHT OF THE GENERALS, NICHOLAS AND ALEXANDRA, and THE LAST TYCOON.

NOTES & TRIVA

Budd Schulberg received the Story & Screenplay Oscar. While Boris Kaufman was awarded the Oscar for B&W Cinematography. Gene Milford received his Oscar for Editing. Richard Day received the Art Direction (B&W) Oscar.

Loosely based on several newspaper articles by Malcolm Johnson.

This was Eva Marie Saint's first movie and she won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Please note: Lee J. Cobb, Karl Malden, and Rod Steiger (his first film) all received nominations for the Best Supporting Oscar.

Considered one of the most acclaimed films of all time.

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