On the Waterfront (1954)

Elia Kazan's classic masterpiece follows Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) through a crisis of morality when he is faced with the choice of testifying against his corrupt union boss Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) or playing D and D (deaf and dumb) to the murders that are taking place on the waterfront.
This is one hell of a movie with some of the greatest performances of all time. Marlon Brando shows here why he is one of the all time greatest actors with his role as Malloy, a washed up ex-boxer who plays dumb to all the corruption around him. That is until the beautiful sister of one of the victims shows up. Karl Malden, Eva Marie Saint, Rod Steiger and Lee J. Cobb also give outstanding performances in this brilliant classic that took home 8 Oscars (including Best Picture).




Rating: 5/5 *****