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Frank Sinatra was originally considered for the role of Terry Malloy. Elia Kazan approached Sinatra [...]	D
The film was shot by Elia Kazan at the aspect ratio of 1.37:1. It was originally offered to 20th Cen [...]	D
Marlon Brando's performance as Terry Malloy is ranked #2 on "Prremiere" Magazine's 100 Greatest Perf [...]	D
Surprising for the 1950s, there are at least three black actors in On the Waterfront. One man makes [...]	D
Elia Kazan was loath to do business with Darryl F. Zanuck, who had insisted on multiple cuts on Salt [...]	D
This is the first film in 1.85:1 aspect ratio to win an Oscar for Best Picture.	D
Harry Cohn didn't think the line "go to hell," uttered in an exchange between Terry and Father Barry [...]	D
One of the first films named to the National Film Preservation Board's National Film Registry in 198 [...]	D
Lee J. Cobb, who appears in this film, also starred in 12 Angry Men, which was directed by Sidney Lu [...]	D
In December 1954 Anthony De Vincinzo, who Budd Schulberg admitted was one of the many longshoremen w [...]	D
Elia Kazan originally intended to shoot the famous taxicab scene in an actual cab. But Sam Spiegel o [...]	D
The script was originally turned down by Darryl F. Zanuck at Twentieth Centur- Fox on the grounds th [...]	D
Near the beginning, James Westerfield playing Big Mac, calls out the names of men selected to work,. [...]	D
"Fronte del porto (1954)" is widely known to be an act of expiation on the part of Elia Kazan for na [...]	D
Many years later,a radio production was made of the film. Although it stuck quite closely to the scr [...]	D
Marlon Brando was 30 years old upon winning his Oscar for Best Actor, making him the youngest person [...]	D
Tony Galento, Tami Mauriello and Abe Simon, who play Johnny Friendly's heavies, were all former prof [...]	D
Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint were the same age, although Terry Malloy is supposed to be several [...]	D
Selected by the Vatican in the "values" category of its list of 45 "great films."	D
The original title was simply "Waterfront" until Columbia learned that there was a television series [...]	D
Leonard Bernstein agreed to score the film after viewing a rough cut with Elia Kazan and Marlon Bran [...]	D
In his biography of Elia Kazan, Richard Schickel describes how Kazan used a ploy to entice Marlon Br [...]	D
Marlon Brando later wrote in his autobiography, "Songs My Mother Taught Me", that the film "was real [...]	D
According to Richard Schickel in his biography of Elia Kazan, Frank Sinatra had "a handshake deal"-- [...]	D
Days before the film was to begin shooting, UA and Sam Spiegel parted ways over casting and budget d [...]	D
Movie symbolism. Hawks vs Pigeons. The entire move is a battle of John Friendly's Hawks vs the dock [...]	D
Karl Malden and Eva Marie Saint appeared together again in E il vento disperse la nebbia (1962) and [...]	D
Final film of Katherine MacGregor.	D
The DVD version of the film has a Special Features section which shows some of the original promotio [...]	D
Although the part of Edie Doyle properly is a lead, producer Sam Spiegel listed Eva Marie Saint as a [...]	D
In the scene where Terry (Marlon Brando) and Edie (Eva Marie Saint) are talking on the rooftop of Te [...]	D
In the first scene at Johnny's bar, where Terry is feeling guilty over setting up Joey Doyle, Charle [...]	D
Leonard Bernstein's only original film score.	D
Roger Donoghue (born 11/20/30 Yonkers, NY - died 8/20/06 Greenport, NY) was the prizefighter who Bud [...]	D
Most of the solo shots of Rod Steiger during the famous taxicab scene were done after Marlon Brando [...]	D
Iincluded in Roger Ebert's "Great Movies" list.	D
James Wong Howe shot a number of sequences towards the end of filming when regular cinematographer B [...]	D
From a budget of just under $1 million, the film went on to gross more than $10 million in its initi [...]	D
Marlon Brando was paid $100,000, Elia Kazan received $100,000 plus 25% of the box office.	D
In 1955 screenwriter Budd Schulberg--who won an Oscar for his screenplay--published his novel "Water [...]	D
The film marked the first time Sam Spiegel used his own name onscreen rather than "S. P. Eagle."	D
In the fight between Marlon Brando and Lee J. Cobb Brando is doubled by William Ramoth who was a gol [...]	D
In some of Budd Schulberg's numerous, earlier drafts of the screenplay, Terry Malloy was an older, d [...]	D
Elia Kazan, in his autobiography "A Life", says that the choice of an actress to play Edie Doyle was [...]	D
Tied the then record of eight Academy Award wins held by both Via col vento (1939) and Da qui all'et [...]	D
Upon completion, Harry Cohn predicted that the $900,000 production would tank, but grossed more than [...]	D
Karl Malden: [name] At the hearing, Slim gives his name as "Mladen Sekulovich", Karl Malden's real n [...]	D
After Boomerang, l'arma che vendica (1947), this was Elia Kazan and Lee J. Cobb's second and last fi [...]	D
Way till the Nineties Budd Schulberg toyed with the idea of a sequel. He had submitted the screenpla [...]	D
Elia Kazan admitted having uneasy feelings about shooting on location near Mafia-operated businesses [...]	D
In May 1955, two months after the Academy Awards, Monticello Film Corp. demanded that the Academy ta [...]	D
In Germany, the film goes by the title "Die Faust im Nacken" which translates to "The Fist in the Ne [...]	D
In 1955 Anthony "Tony Mike" de Vincenzo filed a lawsuit against Columbia Pictures because Terry Mall [...]	D
The taxicab scene between Terry and Charlie, one of the most famous scenes in the cinema, was not im [...]	D
After three losses in three successive years prior to this, for Un tram che si chiama Desiderio (195 [...]	D
Rod Steiger later said that he would not have appeared in the film had he known at the time about El [...]	D
The leading characters were based on real people: Terry Malloy was based on longshoreman and whistle [...]	D
Film debut of Martin Balsam.	D
Many real longshoremen from Hoboken, NJ--where much of the film was shot--were used as extras.	D
Shot during one of the coldest winters in American history up to that time. On the set, Marlon Brand [...]	D
Friendly's Tavern was actually Vandenberg's Tavern located at 314 River St. in Hoboken. During filmi [...]	D
Elia Kazan later remarked that the biggest problem he encountered with his actors was getting them o [...]	D
Martin Balsam, who has a small uncredited part in On the Waterfront as Gillette, and Lee J. Cobb, wh [...]	D
Eva Marie Saint on Marlon Brando: "I did refer to him once as a hummingbird because you just felt hi [...]	D
Film debut of Johnny Seven.	D
The role of Terry's brother Charley was originally offered to Lawrence Tierney. Tierney asked for to [...]	D
Included among the 25 films on the American Film Institute's 2005 list of AFI's 100 Years of Film Sc [...]	D
Film debut of Eva Marie Saint. NOTE: Her performance garnered her a Best Suppoorting Actress Oscar.	D
According to Arthur Miller in his autobiography "Timebends", he had written a screenplay dealing wit [...]	D
Both Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint have starred in films in which they played parents of Clark K [...]	D
In his autobiography, Marlon Brando revealed his initial thoughts about his performance. "On the day [...]	D
Anne Hegira's debut.	D
The idea for the film began with an expose series written for "The New York Sun" by reporter Malcolm [...]	D
Sam Spiegel sent the script to Marlon Brando and it came back with a refusal. Spiegel, however, had [...]	D
Nearly every scene was shot on location in Hoboken, NJ, much to the dismay of Harry Cohn. He thought [...]	D
Sam Spiegel forgot to pay for rear-projection equipment, hence the reason why the cab where Marlon B [...]	D
Part of the Criterion Collection, spine #647.	D
Marlon Brando objected to certain aspects in the famous taxicab scene. When filming began, Brando be [...]	D
The longshoreman who inherits Joey's coat shortly after the murder describes his own coat as "having [...]	D
Budd Schulberg had earlier refused to work for Columbia at all, because of his intense dislike of Ha [...]	D
Elia Kazan called Marlon Brando's performance as Terry Molloy, "The finest thing ever done by an Ame [...]	D
Selected as #8 on AFI's 100 YEARS...100 MOVIES.	D
First of only a few films to have three Best Supporting Actor nominees; the Oscar ended up going to [...]	D
Marlon Brando did not initially want the role of Terry Malloy after producer Sam Spiegel offered it [...]	D
While preparing for the role, Marlon Brando became friendly with a young Al Lettieri, who was an acq [...]	D
As part of his contract, Marlon Brando only worked until 4:00 every day and then would leave to go s [...]	D
The only film that wasn't a musical for which Leonard Bernstein wrote the incidental music.	D
Marlon Brando became the first actor to win Best Actor at the Academy Awards, Best Foreign Actor at [...]	D
First of two Best Picture Oscar winners in which Marlon Brando won the Academy Award for Best Actor, [...]	D
Eva Marie Saint's character was supposed to be 19. The actress was 30 years old at the time of the f [...]	D
Arthur Miller was approached by Elia Kazan to write the screenplay, and did so, but later pulled it [...]	D
In October of 1948, Robert Siodmak and Budd Schulberg collaborated on a screenplay, tentatively titl [...]	D
After reading the script, PCA officials became concerned about the level of violence contained in th [...]	D
The Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) line, "You don't understand. I could've had class. I could've been [...]	D
The line "I coulda been a contender." was voted as #7 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by :Premiere [...]	D
Sam Spiegel was insistent on Budd Schulberg delivering a perfect screenplay and harassed the writer [...]	D
The last of three films that Marlon Brando made with Elia Kazan, the other two being Un tram che si [...]	D
In 2007 the American Film Institute ranked this as #19l on its Greatest Movie of All Time list.	D
The scene where Eva Marie Saint drops her glove and Marlon Brando picks it up and puts it on his han [...]	D
After the ill feelings harbored by Rod Steiger toward Marlon Brando after shooting their taxi scene, [...]	D
In the scene where the New York gang members are calling out Terry Malloy to come out because Charli [...]	D
Putting Eva Marie Saint up for Best Supporting Actress proved to be a canny move as the Best Actress [...]	D
The only Best Picture Oscar nominee of the year to be also nominated for Adapted Screenplay.	D
Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger, who play brothers in this film, both played NapolÃ©on Bonaparte lat [...]	D
Film debut of Katherine MacGregor.	D
Budd Schulberg later published a novel titled "Waterfront" that was much closer to his original scre [...]	D
Film debut of Michael V. Gazzo.	D
Eva Marie Saint was hired just before the start of production, and had until then worked only on sta [...]	D
Marlon Brando would improvise several different lines while filming the famous "I coulda been a cont [...]	D
Thomas Handley, who played Terry Molloy's teenage friend Tommy, was hired by the production to feed [...]	D
Karl Malden's character, Fr. Pete Barry, was based on Fr. John "Pete" Corridan, SJ. The hat and coat [...]	D
One of the characters briefly hums the "hm hm, hm hm, hm hm hmmm" part of the 13th-century Latin hym [...]	D
In early drafts of the Budd Schulberg script, the Terry Malloy character was not an ex-pug dockworke [...]	D
Features five Academy Award-winning actors and two Oscar-nominated actors. Marlon Brando and Eva Mar [...]	D
Early in the film, when the police cover Joey Doyle's body with a newspaper, one of the pages shows [...]	D
Film debut of Fred Gwynne.	D
Shortly after the film's debut in 1954, the AFL-CIO expelled the East Coast longshoremen's union bec [...]	D
Eva Marie Saint's Best Supporting Actress Oscar-winning performance was the only nominee in the cate [...]	D
The real-life model for the film's Johnny Friendly character (played by Lee J. Cobb) was Internation [...]	D
As of April 2022, Eva Marie Saint at 97 years of age, who played the character of Edie Doyle, is the [...]	D
Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the Top 100 Greatest American Movies.	D
Some of Johnny's goons in the film--Abe Simon as Barney, Tony Galento as Truck and Tami Mauriello as [...]	D
Film debut of Pat Hingle.	D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.	D
Although Rod Steiger plays Marlon Brando's older brother in the film, in real life, Brando was a yea [...]	D
Filmed over 36 days.	D
The character of Michael Skelly, aka Johnny Friendly, was based on Joseph P. Ryan, president of the [...]	D
The part of Terry Malloy was originally written for John Garfield, but he died before the film was m [...]	D
Rosemary Clooney was considered for the role of Edie.	D
Nehemiah Persoff played the bit part of the cab driver who takes Charley (Rod Steiger) on his final [...]	D
According to Marlon Brando's friend, Carlo Fiore, and his reminiscences in his book "Bud: The Brando [...]	D
Grace Kelly turned down the role of Edie Doyle, deciding to make "La finestra sul cortile (1954)" in [...]	D
Marlon Brando's Oscar for Best Actor was either lost or stolen. The award did show up later when Bra [...]	D
The only film to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress Oscars that year.	D

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