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On the Waterfront (1954)

The bulk of this Marlon Brando-led masterpiece was shot in Hoboken, New Jersey, where screenwriter Budd Schulberg walked the streets to get a feel for the longshoremen's lives. Man real longshoremen from Hoboken were used as extras.

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