On the Waterfront Quotes
1954 films, Crime drama films, Films about organized crime, 1950s American films, Best Picture Academy Award winners, Films set in New Jersey, Films directed by Elia Kazan, United States National Film Registry films, Films about brothers, Films about whistleblowing
Top Quotes
“Ben Wager - Joey Doyle”
“Marlon Brando - Terry Malloy”
“Conscience... that stuff can drive you nuts!”
“Karl Malden - Father Barry”
“Eva Marie Saint - Edie Doyle”
“Wikipedia: On the Waterfront”
“Pat Henning - Timothy J. "Kayo" Dugan”
“Rod Steiger - Charley "The Gent" Malloy”
“Fred Gwynne - Slim (uncredited)”
“Pat Hingle - Bartender (uncredited)”
“Martin Balsam - Gillette (uncredited)”
“Rotten Tomatoes: On the Waterfront”
“Internet Movie Database (IMDb): On the Waterfront”
“[to Terry] You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts. And if you don't, you'd better hang on to it!”
“Lee J. Cobb - Michael J. Skelly aka "Big" John "Johnny" Friendly”
“Wikicommons: On the Waterfront (1954 film)”
“But Pop, I've seen things that I know are so wrong. Now how can I go back to school and keep my mind on... on things that are just in books, that-that-that aren't people living?”
“[to Johnny Friendly] You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? You're a cheap, lousy, dirty, stinkin' mug! And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done!”
“[to the dockworkers] Isn't it simple as one, two, three? One, the working conditions are bad. Two, they're bad because the mob does the hiring. And three, the only way we can break the mob is to stop letting them get away with murder.”
“There's one thing we've got in this country and that's ways of fightin' back. Gettin' the facts to the public. Testifyin' for what you know is right against what you know is wrong. Now what's ratting to them is telling the truth for you. Now can't you see that? Can't you see that?”