On the Waterfront

- Director: Elia Kazan
- Starring: Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger
- Release Date: July 28, 1954
- Runtime: 108 min.
- Budget: $910,000 USD
- Academy Award nominations: 12
- Academy Award wins: Eight
- Based on a series of articles about corruption along the New York and New Jersey docks

Academy Award-winning film On the Waterfront tells the story of an ex-prize fighter longshoreman who stands up to his corrupt union bosses.
Academy Award Wins and Nominations
On the Waterfront won the following Academy Awards:
1. Best Actor: Marlon Brando
2. Best Picture
3. Best Supporting Actress: Eva Marie Saint
4. Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Black-and-White
5. Best Cinematography, Black-and-White
6. Directing: Elia Kazan
7. Film Editing
8. Writing, Story and Screenplay: Budd Schulberg
In addition, it was nominated for the following:
1. Best Supporting Actor: Lee J. Cobb
2. Best Supporting Actor: Karl Malden
3. Best Supporting Actor: Rod Steiger
4. Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture: Leonard Bernstein

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