Synopsis
On the Waterfront
Published by Faber & Faber
Budd Schulberg's superbly researched, authentically tough-talking screenplay evokes a seamy world of dirty work and organised crime, in which the threat of violence is ever tangible but the possibilities of love and compassion survive. Thus, On the Waterfront is both a striking portrait of a social milieu and a powerful tale of one man's shot at redemption