On the Waterfront

1954, dir Elia Kazan w/Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint, 108 min, DCP 

The Brattle is pleased to welcome William Mann, author of the new biography, The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando, for this special book signing and film screening. In one of his many iconic roles, Brando plays Terry Malloy, a dockworker who is caught up with a mob-connected, corrupt union boss named Friendly (Cobb). When Terry finds himself connected to the murder of another dockworker, he develops a conscience – with the help of a well-meaning priest (Malden) and the beautiful sister of the victim (Saint) – and eventually finds the strength to stand up to Friendly.