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Paper explains now usual view of "On the Waterfront" (1954) in relation to E. Kazan and anti-American activities testimony, and the film's theme of men to report on mafia-influence in the Port of New York longshoremen's union. Perhaps more important for depiction of Irish-American working class in NY/NJ, role of mafia in oppressing workers, as greater concern than whatever Washington had to say of Communism or the Soviet Union as sources of danger.

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Less Examined Aspects of On the Waterfront & McCarthyism. Introduction Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront remains studied for what it may tell us of American culture in the decade immediately after the Second World War. The film was released in 1954, as the American public had begun to take very seriously the Cold War involving the Soviet Union and communist activities, elsewhere. The Hollywood film industry was soon affected, along with scholars, journalists and all others suspected of holding what came to be called un-American sentiment or connections. This paper discusses several features of On the Waterfront pertaining to the time at

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