On the Waterfront (1954)
An ex-prize fighter turned New Jersey longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses, including his older brother, as he starts to connect with the grieving sister of one of the syndicate's victims.
Film programs
Books with substantial mentioning of On the Waterfront
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John White and Sabine Haenni (eds.) Fifty Key American Films London and New York, 2009 |
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David Thomson Have you seen?, A personal introduction to 1,000 films New York, 2008 |
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Jürgen Müller (ed.) Movies of the 50s Köln, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Paris, Tokyo, 2005 |
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| Lloyd Hughes The Rough Guide to Gangster Movies London, 2005 |
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Roger Ebert The Great Movies 2003 |
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| Tom Pendergast, Sara Pendergast (eds.) International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, 1. Films Detroit/New York/San Francisco/London/Boston/Woodbridge, CT, 2000 |
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Danny Peary Alternate Oscars, One Critic's Defiant Choices for Best Picture, Actor, and Actress - From 1927 to the Present New York, 1993 |
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Neil Sinyard Classic Movies London, 1993 |
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| James Naremore Acting in the Cinema Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1988 |
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| Peter Biskind Seeing Is Believing, How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties New York, 1983 |
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Tony Thomas Marlon Brando und seine Filme München, 1981 |
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Douglas Brode The Films of the Fifties Secaucus, NJ, 1976 |
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Books with an entry on On the Waterfront
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Michael F. Keaney Film Noir Guide, 745 Films of the Classic Era, 1940-1959 Jefferson, North Carolina, and London, 2003 |
Articles on On the Waterfront
| Stephen Schwartz, Arthur Miller's Proletariat, The True Stories of On the Waterfront, Pietro Panto, and Vincenzo Longhi, in: Film History, vol. 16, 2004 pp. 378-392 |
| Harvey Klehr and John Earl Haynes, On the Waterfront without a clue, a review essay, in: Film History, vol. 16, 2004 pp. 393-395 |
| Kim Newman, On the Waterfront, in: Empire, nr. 199 (January), 2006 pp. 196-197 |
| Adrian Curry, Graphic detail, in: Filmcomment, nr. 2 (March/April), 2014 pp. 80 |
Articles with an entry on On the Waterfront
| John Caps, Soundtracks 101, Essential movie music: a listener's guide, in: Filmcomment, nr. 6 (Nov/Dec), 2003 pp. 31-49 |
