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

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.

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