On the Waterfront 1954 Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint Terry and Edie's First Date On the Waterfront is a 1954 American crime drama film, directed by Elia Kazan and written by Budd Schulberg. It stars Marlon Brando and features Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Pat Henning, and Eva Marie Saint in her film debut. The musical score was composed by Leonard Bernstein The film was suggested by "Crime on the Waterfront" by Malcolm Johnson, a series of articles published in November–December 194