| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Won | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role Marlon Brando |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Eva Marie Saint | |||
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White Richard Day | |||
| Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Boris Kaufman | |||
| Best Director Elia Kazan | |||
| Best Film Editing Gene Milford | |||
| Best Picture Sam Spiegel | |||
| Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Budd Schulberg | |||
| Nominated | Oscar | Best Actor in a Supporting Role Lee J. Cobb | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Karl Malden | |||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Rod Steiger | |||
| Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture Leonard Bernstein | |||
Directed by Elia Kazan
My rating: 4 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Columbia Tri Star)
Marlon Brando, in perhaps his best performance, is a former boxer who reluctantly becomes an informer on the mob. Lee J. Cobb is the brutal boss, controlling every aspect of the New York City docks through a corrupt union. Brando's brother is his right-hand man, and through that relationship involves Brando in murder. Struggling with guilt, Brando reaches out to the sister of the man who was killed and an idealistic priest played by Karl Malden. They must convince him to turn informer on not only the mob, but his brother. Strong characters, brilliant performances, moody black-and-white photography by Boris Kaufman and a memorable Leonard Bernstein soundtrack make this one of the most powerful films of the 1950s.
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