Die Faust im Nacken

...en viktig och omskakande arbetarklasskildring som fortfarande är ett måste att se för såväl filmnördar som historie- och samhällsintresserade.

The film is a bleak look at corruption and the indignity of labour, but Brando humanises the industrial tribunal.

The performances in the film have a magnificent intelligence and strength, shaped and guided incomparably by Kazan, a master of Broadway and Hollywood.

...a powerful and influential movie, one that continued Brando's immeasurable influence on the general change of tone in American movie acting in the 1950s.

While, from an acting standpoint, On the Waterfront is unquestionably Brando's film, he received solid support from all corners.