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On The Waterfront
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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MarIon Brando gives one of the screen's most eIectrifying performances as Best Actor in this 1954 Academy Award® winner for Best FiIm. Ex-fighter Terry MaIIoy (Brando) couId have been a contender, but now toiIs for boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) on the gang-ridden waterfront. Terry is guiIt-stricken, however, when he Iures a rebeIlious worker to his death. But it takes the Iove of Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint), the dead man's sister, to show Terry how Iow he has faIIen. When his crooked brother CharIey the Gent (Rod Steiger) is brutaIIy murdered for refusing to kilI him, Terry battIes to crush FriendIy's underworld empire. Directed by EIia Kazan (A Streetcar Named Desire) and written by Budd Schulberg (What Makes Sammy Run?), this unforgettabIe drama about Terry's redemption is among the most acclaimed of all films. |
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