Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.
Elenco: Marlon Brando , Karl Malden , Lee J. Cobb , Eva Marie Saint , Rod Steiger , Pat Henning , Leif Erickson , James Westerfield , Tony Galento , Tami Mauriello , John F. Hamilton , John Heldabrand , Rudy Bond , Don Blackman , Arthur Keegan , Abe Simon , Martin Balsam , Michael V. Gazzo , Fred Gwynne , Pat Hingle , Scottie MacGregor , Nehemiah Persoff .