On the Waterfront

On the Waterfront is a 1954 film about mob violence and corruption on the docks, and became a standard of its kind. The film was directed by Elia Kazan and stars Marlon Brando.

It was the winner of eight Oscars

• Academy Award for Best Actor - Marlon Brando
• Academy Award for Best Picture - Sam Speigel[?], producer
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress - Eva Marie Saint
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, black-and-white - Richard Day[?]
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography, black-and-white - Boris Kaufman[?]
• Academy Award for Directing - Elia Kazan
• Academy Award for Best Film Editing - Gene Milford[?]
• Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Budd Schulberg[?]

The film also received an additional four Oscar nominations:

• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Lee J. Cobb[?]
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Karl Malden[?]
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Rod Steiger
• Best Musical Score - Leonard Bernstein

The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.