Fronte del porto was released in the year 1954。Fronte del porto is also called as On the Waterfront, Llei del silenci, Limani tis agonias, Ley del silencio, Há Lodo no Cais, Alaston satama, Faust im Nacken, I storbyens havn, Nido de ratas。

Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeons and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the dockers union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responsible for his death. She introduces him to Father Barry, who tries to force him to provide information for the courts that will smash the dock racketeers.

Fronte del porto actors and actresses include Eva Marie Saint, Fred Gwynne, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Marlon Brando, Martin Balsam, Pat Hingle, Rod Steiger。