• Director(s)

    Elia Kazan

  • Production Year

    1954

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    108m

  • Cast

    Marlon Brando

Film

ON THE WATERFRONT

moderate injury detail, mild violence, threat, language

A former boxer turned dockworker takes on a new kind of fight when he revolts against his mob-connected union boss in this tense US crime thriller from 1954 which explores the themes of justice and social corruption.

A former boxer turned dockworker takes on a new kind of fight when he revolts against his mob-connected union boss in this tense US crime thriller from 1954 which explores the themes of justice and social corruption.

Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

injury detail

alcohol and tobacco

theme

discrimination

  • Director(s)

    Elia Kazan

  • Production Year

    1954

  • Release date

    05/04/2024

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    108m

  • Cast

    Marlon Brando

moderate injury detail, mild violence, threat, language
Classified Date:
08/03/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
A man is pushed from a roof in a brief murder scene. In another sequence, a large load of cargo is intentionally dropped on an employee; however there is no injury detail. Later a man is repeatedly punched by members of a mob.
threat and horror
There are scenes in which gangsters threaten and bully men and women. In one scene they invade a church where a meeting is being held, breaking windows in order to intimidate the attendees. In another scene they call a man out of an apartment at night, where the man finds the murdered body of his relative. Later, a man in a truck tries to run over a couple, who manage to escape.
language
The film features mild bad language ('shit') and very mild terms ('God').
sex
A man tells a woman that too many men have 'one thing on their mind'.
injury detail
Men are shown bloodied in the aftermath of violence. There is focus on a dead body hanging from a wall via a hook, with some blood on his coat. There is also brief focus on some dead pigeons.
alcohol and tobacco
Characters smoke cigarettes.
theme
Characters are shown grieving after their loved ones are murdered.
Classified Date:
20/07/1954
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Columbia Picture Corp. Ltd
Classified Date:
31/12/1990
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Video Collection International
Classified Date:
16/09/1985
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
RCA/Columbia Pictures Video Ltd
Classified Date:
26/06/2001
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Columbia/Tri-Star Home Video
Classified Date:
01/10/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Sony DADC Europe Ltd
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Audio commentary
  • Classified date

    08/03/2024

  • Language

    English