According to the America Film Institute, On the Waterfront is labeled one of the one hundred Best American Movies. Elia Kazan directed the film with performances from Marlon Brando as Terry Melloy and Eva Marie Saint as Edie Doyle. The film is about the corruptions and crime in the labor union. Terry Melloy, a dock worker and would-be prizefighter, is in on the corruption, however, he does not know entirely of how the “king” runs the docks. Once Terry starts to see how the labor union is being handled, he starts to question the “king’s” authority. Terry Melloy in the film On the Waterfront is a dynamic character that gradually develops throughout the film from a mindless child to a liberated adult. Being a part of the labor union, the dock