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On the Waterfront Notes and Quotes
Following the credits, drumbeats accompany a scene at the New York waterfront, where a large ocean liner is docked. The angry gangster union boss, Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) who callously rules this section of the waterfront, walks up the gangplank with his mobster entourage from the office (shack) of the Longshoreman's local Union. Slow-witted, illiterate waterfront bum Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) follows behind, surviving as a lackey by running odd jobs and errands for Johnny and doing strong-arm work.
He is asked to lure to the rooftop of his tenement building a young dockworker Joey Doyle, one of the informant union workers who is planning to “sing to the crime commission” by testifying before the Waterfront Crime Commission against gangsters who tyrannically control the docks. Terry shouts to fellow pigeon-lover Joey that he has his pigeon ‘Danny-Boy.’ Joey’s comment “I gotta watch myself these days” indicates that fear is a part of this community.
Terry unwittingly becomes a pawn in setting a trap to murder his fellow longshoreman dockworker when he convinces potential informant Joey to meet him on the roof. When he looks up to the rooftop, he sees the dark figures of two men standing there. Instead of joining Joey on the roof, he releases his pigeon into the air, and then walks down the street to a seedy bar, Johnny Friendly's BAR. In front of the corner saloon is Charley Malloy "The Gent" (Rod Steiger), Terry's smartly-dressed older brother and manager. Charley, who works as Johnny Friendly's smart and crooked lawyer and as chief lieutenant, is flanked by two of Friendly's goons.
In shock, Terry witnesses Joey's murder, as he is hurled from the rooftop to his death many stories below with a bloodcurdling scream. Unknowingly set up, Terry is stunned by the murder, believing that the racketeers (and his brother) would only threaten the man: I thought they was gonna talk to him...I thought they was gonna talk to
On the Waterfront Notes and Quotes
Following the credits, drumbeats accompany a scene at the New York waterfront, where a large ocean liner is docked. The angry gangster union boss, Johnny Friendly (Lee J. Cobb) who callously rules this section of the waterfront, walks up the gangplank with his mobster entourage from the office (shack) of the Longshoreman's local Union. Slow-witted, illiterate waterfront bum Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) follows behind, surviving as a lackey by running odd jobs and errands for Johnny and doing strong-arm work.
He is asked to lure to the rooftop of his tenement building a young dockworker Joey Doyle, one of the informant union workers who is planning to “sing to the crime commission” by testifying before the Waterfront Crime Commission against gangsters who tyrannically control the docks. Terry shouts to fellow pigeon-lover Joey that he has his pigeon ‘Danny-Boy.’ Joey’s comment “I gotta watch myself these days” indicates that fear is a part of this community.
Terry unwittingly becomes a pawn in setting a trap to murder his fellow longshoreman dockworker when he convinces potential informant Joey to meet him on the roof. When he looks up to the rooftop, he sees the dark figures of two men standing there. Instead of joining Joey on the roof, he releases his pigeon into the air, and then walks down the street to a seedy bar, Johnny Friendly's BAR. In front of the corner saloon is Charley Malloy "The Gent" (Rod Steiger), Terry's smartly-dressed older brother and manager. Charley, who works as Johnny Friendly's smart and crooked lawyer and as chief lieutenant, is flanked by two of Friendly's goons.
In shock, Terry witnesses Joey's murder, as he is hurled from the rooftop to his death many stories below with a bloodcurdling scream. Unknowingly set up, Terry is stunned by the murder, believing that the racketeers (and his brother) would only threaten the man: I thought they was gonna talk to him...I thought they was gonna talk to