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On the Waterfront On the Waterfront which was directed by Elia Kazan in 1954, was a highly acclaimed film that showed the problems that were associated with the labor unions at the time with a bit of other events that affected the outcome of the movie. This film was set in New York City and purposely made in black and white in order to give the affect of the old ages. This movie starred Marlon Brando (Terry Malloy), Karl Malden (Father Barry), Lee J. Cobb (Johnny Friendly), Rod Steiger (Charley Malloy) and Eva Marie Saint (Edie Doyle). This group of actors helped make the film the great that it is known as today. They even helped the movie win 8 Oscars! In this essay I am going to compare the various crowd scenes that were in the movie. All these scenes impacted the way the movie progressed. It had great impact to the finale of the movie. The first one I will compare is the scene with the dockworkers scrambling for work tabs. This scene is the scene that shows just how big of an influence the mob was in people’s lives. This is set near on the docks near the boat, which has all the cargo. You can see the mob boss Johnny Friendly (with the assistance of his mob friends) handing out work tabs to the people. The men