Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
A prizefighter-turned-longshoreman with a conscience goes up against labor leaders to expose corruption, extortion, and murder among the union ranks.
- corruption
- new jersey
- murder
- mafia
- black and white
- union
- dock
- longshoreman
- pigeon
- ex-boxer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Rod Steiger — Charley Malloy
- Pat Henning — Kayo Dugan
- Leif Erickson — Glover
- James Westerfield — Big Mac
- Tony Galento — Truck
- Tami Mauriello — Tillio
- John F. Hamilton — 'Pop' Doyle
- John Heldabrand — Mott
- Rudy Bond — Moose
- Don Blackman — Luke
- Arthur Keegan — Jimmy
- Directed
- Elia Kazan
- Written
- Budd Schulberg
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 1,810 ratings
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures, Horizon Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
