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On the Waterfront

1954 • Not Rated • 1h 48m • Crime, Drama • Columbia Pictures

The man lived by the jungle law of the docks!

🍅 99% 95% MC 91 LB 4.17 IMDb 8.1

On the Waterfront Box Office

Domestic Total
$9.6M
Final
Worldwide Total
$9.6M
$9K international
Budget$910K
1954 Rank#9
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Profitability

Return on Budget
Theatrical breakeven point is approx. 2.5x production budget

Domestic vs International Split

Cast & Crew

Directed byElia Kazan
ScreenplayBudd Schulberg
Produced bySam Spiegel
CinematographyBoris Kaufman
Music byLeonard Bernstein
StarringMarlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Eva Marie Saint
StudioColumbia Pictures

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