An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses. Terry Mal...
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Terry Malloy dreams about being a prize fighter, while tending his pigeon and running errands at the docks for Johnny Friendly, the corrupt boss of the docker union. Terry witnesses a murder by two of Johnny's thugs, and later meets the dead man's sister and feels responible 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 racketeer.
