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On The Waterfront Script 1  

Waterfront, exterior shot 2  Johnny (to Terry) Now you take it easy, slugger. 3   4   5  Terry Joey! Joe Doyle! 6  Joey All right! What do you want? 7  Terry I got one of your birds. I recognized him by the band. 8  Joey It must be Danny-boy. I lost him in the last race. 9  Terry He flew into my coop. You want him? 10  Joey I got to watch myself these days. You know what I mean? 11  Terry Don't worry. - I'll take him up to your loft. 12  Joey Okay, I'll see you on the roof. 13   14   15  Outside Johnny Friendly’s Bar 16  Charley How goes it? 17  Terry He's up on the roof. 18  Charley The pigeon? 19  Terry Yeah, it worked. 20  Truck I think somebody fell off the roof. He thought he'd sing to the 21  Crime Commission. He won't. 22  Terry I thought they'd talk to him. 23  Charley That's the idea. 24  Terry I thought they'd talk to him and get him to dummy up. 25  Truck Maybe he gave them an argument. 26  Terry I figured the worst they was gonna do was lean on him a little bit. 27  Charley Like I said, maybe he gave them an argument. 28  Truck He's been giving Johnny the Boss a lot of arguments lately. 29  Terry He wasn't a bad kid, that Joey. 30  Other A canary. 31  Truck He could sing, but he couldn't fly. 32  Charley Come on, I'll buy you a drink. 33  Terry I'll be in there later 34  Bystander Father Barry is here. 35  Mrs Collins Same thing happened to my Andy five years ago. 36  Policeman- You're Pop Doyle, the boy's father? 37  Pop That's right. 38  Policeman Looks like he fell off the roof, or maybe he was pushed. 39   Any ideas? – 40  Pop No. 41  Mrs Collins He was the only longshoreman that had the guts to talk to 42  

the crime investigators. 43  Pop Who asked you? – 44  Mrs Collins Everybody knows that. 45  Pop Shut up. lf he took my advice he wouldn't be— 46  Mrs Collins Everyone knows that. 47  Pop I said, "Shut up!" 48  Cop I know how you feel about cops, but if you give me... 49  

...some leads I could-- 50  Pop I kept telling him, "Don't say nothing. "Keep quiet, you'll 51  

live longer." 52  Moose I've been on the docks all my life, boy, and there's one 53  

thing I learned. You don't ask no questions, you don't 54  answer no questions... ...unless you want to wind up like 55  that. 56  

Fr Barry Edie, come here. I want to talk to you. 57  Edie Father, who'd want to kill Joey? Stay away from him! Stay 58  

away from him! 59  

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Fr Barry Edie, listen! Remember time and faith are great healers. 1  Edie Father, my brother is dead and you talk about time and 2  

faith. My brother was the best kid in the neighbourhood and 3  everybody said so. 4  

Fr Barry I'm in the church if you need me. 5  Edie You're in the church if I need you? Did you ever hear of a 6  

saint hiding in a church? I want to know who killed my 7  brother! 8  

Big Mac What's the matter with you, punk? 9   10   11  Barman Boss, Packy wants another drink on the cuff. 12  Johnny Friendly Give it to him. 13  Big Mac And here's the cut on the shape-up. 14   men, $ a head. That's $ . 15  Johnny Charley, you count them. 16  Big Mac The banana boat is tomorrow. If we pull a walkout, it 17  

might be a few bucks from the shippers. Them bananas go bad 18  in a hurry. – 19  

Charley Ask $ 2 g . 20  Johnny Clowns can't fight. There's nobody tough anymore. Hi, 21  

slugger. Hi, kid. Where's Morgan? Where's that big banker 22  of mine? 23  

JP Right here, Mr. Friendly. - 24  Johnny Hi, JP, how's business? 25  JP Having trouble with Kelly again, boss. He won't take no 26  

loans and Big Mac puts him to work anyway. - 27  Big Mac He's my wife's nephew. – 28  JP He won't take no loans! 29  Big Mac I got to put him to work. She'd murder me! 30  Someone That's why I never got married. 31  JP Here's the interest on the day, boss. $532 . 32  Johnny You count it. 33  Terry Counting makes me sleepy. 34  Johnny You handle that sheet metal all right 35  Skins It was easy. The new checker faked the receipt. Here. 36  Johnny You want to talk to me, take the cigar out of your mouth. 37  

Stow the receipt. I'll take the cash. – 38  Skins Sure. 39  Johnny Here you are, 45 bills. -Terry, you count this. Come on, 40  

go on, it's good for you. lt develops your mind. 41  Big Mac What mind? 42  Johnny Shut up. I like the kid. Remember the night he took Farella 43  

at St. Nick's, Charley? We won a bundle. Real tough. A big 44  try. 45  

Terry I lost the count. 46  Johnny Okay, forget it, Einstein. How come you never got an 47  

education like your brother Charley? 48  Big Mac The only arithmetic he ever got was hearing the referee 49  

count up to ten . 50  Terry You're not too funny today, Fat Man. 51  Johnny Hey, what gives with our boy tonight, Charley? He ain't 52  

himself. 53  Charley It's the Joey Doyle thing and how he exaggerates the thing. 54  

Too much Marquis of Queensbury softens him up. 55  Johnny Listen, I'm a soft touch, too. Ask any rummy on the dock... 56   ...if I'm not good for a fin any time they put the arm on me. 57  

But my old lady raised us ten kids on a stinking watchman's 58  pension. When I was 16 I had to beg for work in the hole. I 59  didn't work my way up out of there for nothing. 60  

Terry I know that, Johnny, I know it. 61  

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Johnny Taking over this local took a little doing. There were 1  rough fellas in the way. They gave me this to remember them 2  by. 3  

Charley He kept his hand over his throat to stay alive and he still 4  went after them. 5  

Johnny I know what's eating you. I got 2000 dues-paying members 6  in this local, that's $ 72000 a year legitimate. When each 7  one of them puts in a couple of bucks a day just to make 8  sure... ...the work's steady, well, figure it out. That's 9  just for openers. We've got the fattest piers in the 10  fattest harbour in the world. Everything moves in and out, 11  we take our cut. 12  

Charley Why shouldn't we? If we can get it, we're entitled to it. 13  Johnny You don't suppose I can afford to be boxed out of a deal 14  

like this, do you? A deal I sweated and bled for, on 15  account of one lousy little cheese-eater.that Doyle bum, 16  who thinks he can squeal to the crime commission. Do you? 17  Do you? 18  

Terry No, Johnny. I just figured I should (have been told). 19  Charley (interrupting so that Terry’s last few words are not heard) 20  

I make it $2623 You're $50 short, Skins. 21  Johnny Gimme. - 22  Skins I must've miscounted. – 23  Johnny Gimme! You come from Green Point, go back there. You don't 24  

work here no more. Here, kid, here's half a bill. Go get 25  you a load on. 26  

Terry No, I'm okay, Johnny, thanks. 27  Johnny Present from your Uncle Johnny. And Mac, tomorrow morning 28  

when you shape the men, put Terry up in the loft. Number 29  one. Every day. It's nice, easy work if you check in and 30  goof off on a coffee bag. Okay? 31  

Charley You got a real friend here. Now don't forget it. 32  Johnny Why should he forget it? 33  Terry Thanks, Johnny. 34  Johnny All right, payday. Rony. Mac. 35   36   37  Tommy Hi, Terry. 38  Terry Hi, kid. – 39  Tommy I was just going to feed them. 40  Terry I already fed them. 41  Jimmy You must've been up early? 42  Terry I was up anyhow, so I figured I might as well. They sure 43  

got it made. Eating, sleeping, flying around like crazy, 44  raising gobs of squabs. Well, I better get over there. Be 45  careful. Don't spill no water on the floor. I don't want 46  them to catch cold. I'll see you around. 47  

48   49  Big Mac Come on, Tony, give me the tabs. 50  Various He was a good boy, that Doyle kid. 51   Sure he was, that's why he got it in the head. 52   But he couldn't learn to keep his mouth shut. 53  Duigan Hey, Pop, why don't you go home? The boys at work today 54  

will be chipping in gladly. 55  Pop No thanks, fellas, I'm gonna shape. Who do you think'll pay 56  

for the funeral? 57  Dugan Johnny Friendly, the "great labour leader." 58  Truck Why don't you keep that big mouth of yours shut? 59  Sonny What are you, a wise guy? 60  

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Dugan If I was wise, I wouldn't be no longshoreman for 30 1  years. I'm poorer now than when I started. 2  

Tillio Wise guy. 3  Truck Big mouth. 4  Moose Don't mess with those guys. 5  Pop I brought you Joey's windbreaker. It might come in handy. 6  

Go ahead, wear it. 7  Duigan Thanks, Pop. Mine's more full of holes than the Pittsburgh 8  

infield. Hey, Joe, I got a coat for you. 9  Glover Do you know Terry Malloy? 10  Jackie No, I don't. Never heard of him. 11  Glover You're Terry Malloy, aren't you? 12  Terry So what? 13  Glover Didn't I see you fight a couple of years ago? 14  Terry Without the birdseed, what do you want? 15  Glover Identification. 16  Terry Waterfront Crime Commission. What's that? 17  Glover I just want to ask you a few questions. We'll hold public 18  

hearings on waterfront crime......and underworld 19  infiltration of longshore unions. 20  

Terry I don't know nothing. – 21  Gillette You haven't heard the questions yet. 22  Terry What did you say? – 23  Gillette You heard me 24  Glover There's a rumour that you're one of the last people to see 25  

Joey Doyle alive. 26  Terry I don't know nothing. 27  Gillette Nobody's accusing you of anything, Mr. Malloy. 28  Glover I hope you understand that. 29  Gillette Just want to ask you some questions about some people you 30  

may know. 31  Terry People I may know. – 32  Gillette That's right. 33  Terry You better get out of here, buster! 34  Gillette Slow down, boy. 35  Terry I don't know nothing, I ain't seen nothing, and I'm not 36  

saying nothing. Why don't you and your girlfriend take off. 37  Glover All right, Mr. Malloy! You've every right not to talk if 38  

that's what you choose to do. The public has a right to 39  know the facts. 40  

Terry Yeah. 41  Gillette We'll be seeing you again. 42  Terry Never's going to be too much soon for me, Shorty. 43  Glover Take it easy. 44  Terry How do you like them mutts taking me for a pigeon. 45  Jackie Who is it? 46  Terry I don't know who they are. 47  JP You're three weeks behind on the last $ 25 but I'm willing 48  

to take a chance. 49  Duigan Some chance at ten percent a week and if we don't borrow, 50  

we don't work. 51  Pop May you rot in hell, JP. 52  JP When I'm dead and gone, you'll know what a friend I was. 53  Duigan Why don't you drop dead now, so we can test your theory? 54  JP Condolences. 55  Duigan Hey, Pop,look. 56   57   58  Big Mac Let her go, Tony. 59   60   61  

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Edie I guess I spoke out of turn last night. 1  FR Barr You think I'm just a gravy-train rider with a turned-around 2  

collar, don't you? I see the sisters taught you not to lie. 3  Big Mac All right. Loft gang: Malloy... 4   ...Hendriks, Padowski... 5   ...Westerfield, McGuire. 6  Fr Barry I've been thinking about your question, and you're right, 7  

Edie. This is my parish. I don't know how much I can do, 8  but I'll never find out......unless I come down here and 9  take a good look for myself. 10  

Big Mac I need some extra banana carriers. 11  Duigan Bananas again. I wonder when we'll get a boat from Ireland 12  

with good Irish whiskey on it. 13  Pop Dugan, my boy, you're dreaming again. 14  Big Mac All right. Kelly. Richie. Yeah, you. What's the matter? 15  

Nobody want to work today? Yeah, you. 16  Workers Who do you see to get a day's pay around here? 17   Meatballs. – 18   Definitely. 19  Fr Barry Come here. 20  Hey, Terry, grab that one! 21  Edie Give me that. 22  Edie Get away! 23  Edie Give it to me! – 24  Terry Why? 25  Edie Give it to me! 26  Terry What makes you so special? Things are looking up on the 27  

dock. 28  Worker Don't you recognise her? That's Joey Doyle's sister. 29  Edie Give me that. 30  Terry You're Joey Doyle's sister? – 31  Yes, I am. 32  Terry You don't wanna go to work today anyhow. It's been nice 33  

wrestling with you. 34  Pop Edie! 35  Edie Pop. Here's your tab, take it. 36  Pop All right, give it to me. I can use it. Now get back to the 37  

sisters where you belong. I'm surprised at you, Father, if 38  you don't mind my saying so. Letting her see things ain't 39  fit for the eyes of a decent girl. 40  

Big Mac All right, that's all. Come back tomorrow. 41  Fr Barry What do you do now? 42  Moose Like Big Mac said, come back tomorrow. 43  Dugan Tomorrow? No ship tomorrow. 44  Worker I've been standing here for five straight mornings and that 45  

bum there... 46  Truck Come on, get out of here! – 47  Worker Looks right through you. - 48  Truck I'm sorry, Father, I didn't mean it. -What do you want to 49  

do? 50  Worker Come on, let's go get a ball 51  Fr Barry Wait a minute. Is this all you do, just take it like this? 52  

What about your unions? No other union in the country'd 53  stand for a thing like that. 54  

Jimmy The waterfront is tougher, Father, like it ain't part of 55  America. 56  

Moose Do you know how a trigger local works? 57  Fr Barry No. How? 58  Moose You get up in the meeting, you make a motion, the lights go 59  

out, then you go out. 60  

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Jimmy That's how it's been since Johnny and his cowboys took over 1  the local. 2  

Moose Name one place where it's safe to talk without getting 3  clobbered. - 4  

Fr Barry The church. 5  Dugan What? 6  Fr Barry The bottom of the church. 7  Dugan You know what you're letting yourself in for? 8  Fr Barry You got a cigarette on you? 9  Dugan Right over there. 10   11   12  Charley You working hard? 13  Terry Yeah. 14  Charley You wouldn't mind working once in a while to justify this 15  

lofty position, would you? 16  Terry I finished the work. I counted all them bags. 17  Charley We have an extra detail for you. That's if you don't mind 18  

being disturbed or anything. The priest and this Doyle girl 19  are getting a meeting up together down at the church. We 20  want a rundown on the names and the numbers of all the 21  players. 22  

Terry Wait a minute. 23  Charley All right, you're nominated. 24  Terry Why me, Charley? I feel funny going down there. I'd just be 25  

stooling for you. 26  Charley Let me tell you what stooling is. Stooling is when you rat 27  

on your friend... ...the guys you're with. Johnny wants a 28  favour. Don't think about it. Do it. Go on. Join the 29  congregation. 30  

31   32  Fr Barry I thought there would be more of you here, but.... The 33  

Romans found out what a handful could do if it's the right 34  handful. I'm just a potato-eater, but isn't it simple as 35  one, two, three? One. The working conditions are bad. Two. 36  They're bad because the mob does the hiring. Three. The 37  only way to break the mob is to stop letting them get away 38  with murder. If one of you'll answer one question, we'd 39  have a very good start. And that question is: Who killed 40  Joey Doyle? 41  

Not one of you has a line on who killed Joey Doyle? I have 42  a hunch all of you could tell us something about it. All 43  right, then answer this one: How can we call ourselves 44  Christians and protect these murderers with our silence? 45  

Edie Jimmy Collins, you were Joey's best friend. How can you 46  just sit there and not say anything? 47  

Jimmy I'll always think of him as my best friend, but what do you 48  want me to-- 49  

Dugan Who asked him in here? 50  Fr Barry I'm trying to find out what happened to Joey Doyle. Maybe 51  

you can be helpful. 52  Dugan Helpful? The brother of Charley the Gent? They'll help us 53  

get to the bottom of the river. 54  Terry You better leave Charley out of this. 55  Dugan You don't think he'd be helpful? 56  Terry Why don't you ask him yourself? 57  Dugan Maybe I will one of these days. 58  Terry One of these days. 59  

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Fr Barry Now, listen, you know who the pistols are. Are you going to 1  keep still until they cut you down one by one? Are you? 2  Dugan! How about you? Are you? 3  

Dugan One thing you have to understand, Father, on the dock... 4   ...we've always been D and D. - 5  Fr Barry D and D? What's that? – 6  Dugan Deaf and dumb. No matter how much we hate the torpedoes, we 7  

don't rat. 8  Fr Barry Rat? Now boys, get smart. I know you're getting pushed 9  

around, but there's one thing... ...we have in this 10  country, and that's ways of fighting back. Getting the 11  facts to the public Testifying for what is right against 12  what is wrong. What's ratting to them is telling the truth 13  for you, can't you see that? Can't you see that? 14  

Fr Vincent It seems to me we've gone just about as far as we can at 15  this time. I think you'll agree with that, Father. So, I'd 16  like to close with a few words from St. Matthew: "Come unto 17  me all you--" 18  

Window smashes 19   What did I tell you about sticking your neck out. This is a 20  

police problem, not ours. – 21  Fr Barry These people need help. 22  Fr Viincent Okay. Only don't blame me when they ship you off to 23  

Abyssinia. 24  Fr Barry I won't. You better go home in pairs. Twos is two, you 25  

know. 26  Terry Come on. 27  Edie Pop! 28  Pop Edie! 29  Edie What's happened to Pop? 30  Terry He's all right. He's an old man, they won't hurt him. 31  Fr Barry Get out, you! 32   Are you all right? 33  Dugan Yeah, considering they were using my head for a baseball. 34  Fr Barry You still D and D? Do you still call it ratting? 35  Dugan Are you on the level? – 36  Fr Barry What do you think? 37  Dugan If I stick my neck out and it's chopped off, is that the 38  

end? Or will you go all the way? 39  Fr Barry Down the line. 40  Dugan They'll put muscle on you, too, turned-around collar or no 41  

turned around collar. 42  Fr Barry Wipe your face. Listen, you stand up and I'll stand up 43  

with you. 44  Dugan Right down the wire? 45  Fr Barry So help me God. 46   47   48  Terry I think we're okay. 49  Edie Steel pipes and baseball bats. 50  Terry They play pretty rough around here. 51  Edie I can make it home now all right. Which side are you with? 52  Terry Me? I'm with me, Terry. 53  Mutt You got a dime for a cup of coffee? 54  Terry Go on, beat it, will you? 55  Mutt A little dime you don't need? I know you. You're Edie 56  

Doyle. 57  Terry Come on. Beat it. 58  Beggar Your brother was a saint, the only one who ever tried to 59  

get me compensation You remember, Terry. You was there that 60  night. 61  

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Terry Here's some change. Go have yourself a ball. 1  Mutt You don't buy me. You're still a bum. So long, Edie. Lord 2  

have mercy on Joey. 3  Terry Who's calling me a bum? 4  Edie Everybody loved Joey. From little kids to the old rummies. 5  

Did you know him very well? 6  Terry You know, he got around. 7  Edie What did that man mean just now? 8  Terry Don't pay no attention to him. He's drunk, he's falling 9  

down. Everything. He's a juicehead that hangs around the 10  neighbourhood. Don't pay no attention. 11  

Edie I better go now. 12  Terry You don't have to be afraid of me. I'm not going to bite 13  

you. I guess they don't let you walk with fellas where 14  you've been? 15  

Edie You know how the sisters are. 16  Terry Yeah Are you training to be a nun? -lt's just a regular 17  

college. 18  Edie It's run by the Sisters of St. Anne. 19  Terry Where is that? 20  Edie In Tarrytown. 21  Terry Where's that? 22  Edie ln the country. 23  Terry I don't like the country. The crickets make me nervous. How 24  

often do you get in here? 25  Edie I haven't been here since last Christmas. We were going to 26  

have a Thanksgiving party. 27  Terry That's nice. What do you do up there? Just study? 28  Edie I want to be a teacher. 29  Terry Teacher? That's very good. Personally, I admire brains. My 30  

brother Charley is a very brainy guy. He had a couple of 31  years of college. 32  

Edie It isn't just brains. It's how you use them. 33  Terry Yeah, I get your thought. You know, I've seen you a lot of 34  

times before. Do you remember parochial school out on 35  Puluski Street? 36  

Edie Seven, eight years ago? 37  Terry Your hair, you had your hair.... -Braids. 38  Edie Looked like a hunk of rope. 39  Terry You had wires on your teeth and glasses. Everything. You 40  

was really a mess. 41  Edie I can get home all right now, thanks. 42  Terry Don't get sore. I was just kidding you a little bit. I just 43  

mean to tell you that you're, you grew up very nice. 44  Edie Thanks. 45  Terry You don't remember me, do you? 46  Edie I remembered you the first moment I saw you. 47  Terry By the nose, huh? Some people just got faces that stick in 48  

your mind. 49  Edie I remember you were in trouble all the time. 50  Terry Now you got me. The way those sisters used to whack me, I 51  

don't know what. They thought they was going to beat an 52  education into me, but I foxed them. 53  

Edie Maybe they just didn't know how to handle you. 54  Terry How would you have done it? 55  Edie With a little more patience and kindness. That's what makes 56  

people mean and difficult. People don't care enough about 57  them. 58  

Terry Are you kidding me? I'd better get you home. There's too 59  many guys around here with only one thing on their mind. Am 60  I going to see you again? 61  

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Edie What for? 1  Terry I don't know. 2  Edie I really don't know. 3  Terry Come on. 4   5   6  Pop You're all packed. Here's your bus ticket and you're on 7  

your way back to St. Anne's. 8  Edie I'm not ready to go back yet, Pop. 9  Pop Edie, for years your mom and me put quarters in the cookie 10  

jar.. ...to keep you up there with the sisters... ...and 11  keep you from things like I've just seen outside the 12  window. A daughter of mine walking arm in arm with Terry 13  Malloy. Do you know who Terry Malloy is? 14  

Edie Who is he, Pop? 15  Pop He's the kid brother of Charley the Gent... ...who is 16  

Johnny Friendly's right hand and a butcher in a camel hair 17  coat. 18  

Edie Are you trying to tell me Terry is, too? He tries to act 19  tough... ...but there's a look in his eye. 20  

Pop Yeah, a look in his eye. Hold your hats, brothers, here we 21  go again. You think he's one of them cases you're always 22  dragging into the house... ...and feeling sorry for... 23  

...like that litter of kittens you brought in. The only one 24  you wanted to keep had six toes and was cockeyed to boot. 25  Look at him. The little bum. 26  

Edie He said he wants to see me again. 27  Pop See this arm? Two inches longer than the other. That's from 28  

years of working and sweating, lifting and swinging a hook. 29  Every time I heist a box or a coffee bag, I says to 30  myself... ...that is for Edie so she can be a teacher or 31  something decent. I promised your mom, Edie. Don't let her 32  down. 33  

Edie I don't want you to think I'm not grateful for everything 34  you've done. For giving me the education and keeping me 35  away from all this. But I've seen things that I know are so 36  wrong. How can I go back to school and keep my mind on 37  things that are just in books......that aren't people 38  living? I'm going to stay. I'm going to keep on trying to 39  find out who is guilty for Joey. 40  

41   42  Edie Hi. 43  Terry What are you doing up there on the roof? 44  Edie Just looking. 45  Terry Take a look at the champion flock of the neighbourhood Fly 46  

pretty nice, huh? 47  Edie Golden Warriors? 48  Terry Yeah. I founded the Golden Warriors. Might say that I was 49  

the original Golden Warrior. This bum here is my shadow. 50   He thinks I'm a tough man because I boxed pro a lot. 51  Edie Joey used to raise pigeons. Joey used to raise pigeons. 52  Terry Yeah, he had a few birds. I've been taking care of them. 53  Edie I wouldn't have thought you'd be so interested in pigeons. 54  Terry I just go for it. You know this city is full of hawks 55  

That's a fact. They hang around on top of the big hotels. 56  They spot a pigeon in the park, right down on them. You got 57  a second? I want to show you something. What do you think 58  of that fellow? 59  

Edie She's a beauty. 60   61  

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Tommy She's a he. His name is Swifty. 1  Terry Look what he went and did. He's my lead bird. He's always 2  

on top of the perch. If another bum tries to come along and 3  take his place, he really lets him have it. 4  

Edie Even pigeons aren't peaceful. 5  Terry There's one thing about them, they're very faithful. They 6  

get married just like people. 7  Tommy Better. 8  Terry They stay that way until one of them dies. 9  Edie That's nice. 10  Terry (To Tommy) Go ahead. Fix the roof. You want that egg? 11  Edie Thanks. 12  Terry Do you like beer? 13  Edie I don't know. 14  Terry I bet you never had a glass of beer. Did you ever have a 15  

glass of beer? 16  Edie No. 17  Terry You want to have one with me? 18  Edie In a saloon? 19  Terry I know a nice dump down here that has a special entrance 20  

for ladies. Come on, it won't hurt. Come on. 21  Edie Okay. 22   23   24  Terry Hey, you, mac. Two Glockenheimers and two for chasers. 25  Barman Did you see the fight last night? 26  Terry No. 27  Barman A kid named Riley, both hands. Like you used to do. 28  Terry I hope he got better dice than me. 29  Edie Were you really a prizefighter? 30  Terry I used to be. 31  Edie How did you get interested in that? 32  Terry I don't know. I had to scrap all my life, I might as well 33  

get paid for it. When I was a kid my old man got bumped 34  off. Never mind how. Then they stuck Charley and me...in a 35  dump they call a "children's home." Boy, that was some 36  home. Anyhow, I ran away from there and fought in the club 37  smokers... ...and peddled papers and Johnny Friendly bought 38  a piece of me. 39  

Edie Bought a piece of you? 40  Terry Yes. Then...I was going pretty good there for a while. 41  Edie And after that.... 42  Terry What do you really care, am I right? 43  Edie Shouldn't everybody care about everybody else? 44  Terry Boy, what a fruitcake you are. 45  Edie I mean, isn't everybody a part of everybody else? 46  Terry And you really believe that drool? 47  Edie Yes, I do. 48  Terry Here we are. One for the lady and for the gent.Here's to 49  

the first one, I hope it ain't the last. Go ahead. No, not 50  like that. One hum. Do you want to hear my philosophy of 51  life? Do it to him before he does it to you. 52  

Edie I never met anyone like you. There's not a spark of 53  sentiment, or romance...or human kindness in your whole 54  body. 55  

Terry What good does it to you besides get you in trouble? 56  Edie And when things and people get in your way, you just knock 57  

them aside...get rid of them. Is that your idea? 58  Terry Don't look at me when you say that. It wasn't my fault what 59  

happened to Joey. Fixing him wasn't my idea. 60  Edie Who said it was? 61  

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Terry Everybody's putting the needle on me. You and the mugs in 1  the church and Father Barry. I didn't like the way he was 2  looking at me. 3  

Edie He was looking at everybody the same way. 4  Terry Oh, yeah? What's with this Father Barry? What's his racket? 5  Edie His racket? 6  Terry Yeah, his racket. Everybody's got a racket. 7  Edie But he's a priest. 8  Terry Are you kidding, so what? That don't make no difference. – 9  Edie You don't believe anybody, do you? 10  Terry Down here it's every man for himself. It's keeping alive. 11  

It's standing with the right people so you get...a little 12  bit of change in your pocket. 13  

Edie And if you don't? 14  Terry lf you don't? Right down. 15  Edie It's living like an animal. 16  Terry I'd rather live like an animal than end up like.... 17  Edie Like Joey? Are you afraid to mention his name? 18  Terry No. Why do you keep harping on that for? Come on, drink up. 19  

We gotta get little fun out of life. Come on. I'll stick 20  some music on. What's the matter? What's the matter with 21  you? 22  

Edie Help me if you can for God's sake. 23  Terry Edie, I'd like to help. I'd like to help, but there's 24  

nothing I can do. 25  Edie All right. I shouldn't have asked you. 26  Terry Edie, come on. Have a little beer. Come on. 27  Edie I don't want it. You just stay here and finish your drink. 28  Terry Don't go. I've got my whole life to drink. Are you sore at 29  

me? 30  Edie What for? 31  Terry I don't know, for not being no help to you. 32  Edie You would if you could. 33   34  Bride Here I come. 35  Guest Pick a winner. 36  Guest First I got to kiss the bride. 37  Guest Go on, you've kissed her before! 38   39  Terry You can get out that way. You want me to take you? 40  Guest Come on. What's going on here? – 41  Guest Give me a cigarette. 42  Guest You've got to stop smoking so much. 43   44  Terry Come on, we'll get out through here. What's the matter? 45   Come on. 46  Edie That's a pretty tune. 47  Terry Here's a stick of gum. It'll do you good. 48  Edie Thank you. 49  Terry Do you like that music? If I had my tuxedo, I'd ask you to 50  

dance, but.... Come on. You want to spin? Come on, don't be 51  afraid. 52  

You dance divinely. 53   I think we're doing pretty good. The sisters ought to see 54  

you now. 55  Edie Wait a minute. I feel like I'm just floating. 56   I'm just floating. Just floating. 57  Punk I been looking all over for you, Terry. The boss wants you. 58  Terry Right now? 59  Punk Yeah, he just got a call from "Mr. Upstairs." Something's 60  

gone wrong. He's plenty hot. 61  

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Terry I'm going to take her home first. 1  Punk I wouldn't do that. I'll see the little lady home. 2  Terry Tell him I'll come over there when I'm ready. 3   Hey, wait up! 4  Edie Who was that? 5  Terry I don't know. Some mug. 6  Edie Who was he? 7  Terry You got to quit trying to find out about Joey. It ain't 8  

safe. I'm telling you it ain't safe. 9  Glover Mr. Malloy, I was hoping I might find you here. Excuse me, 10  

Miss. 11  Glover You're being served with a subpoena, Mr. Malloy. 12  Terry What? 13  Glover Be at the State House, Courtroom 9 : Friday morning. 14  Terry I told you I don't know nothing about that. 15  Glover You can bring a lawyer if you wish. You're privileged under 16  

the constitution to protect yourself... ...against 17  questions which might implicate you in any crimes. 18  

Terry You know what they're asking me to do? 19  Gillette All we want you to do, Mr. Malloy, is tell the truth. 20  Glover Good night, kid. Nice wedding. 21  Edie What are you going to do? 22  Terry I ain't going to eat cheese for no cop and that's for sure. 23  Edie It was Johnny Friendly who had Joey killed, wasn't it? He 24  

had him killed or he had something to do with it, didn't 25  he? He and your big brother, Charley? You can't tell me, 26  can you, because you're a part of it. Because you're just 27  as bad as the worst of them. Tell me the truth, Terry. 28  

Terry You better go back to that school out in Daisyland You're 29  driving yourself nuts, you're driving me nuts. Quit 30  worrying about the truth all the time. Worry about 31  yourself. 32  

Edie I should've known you wouldn't tell me. Pop said Johnny 33  Friendly used to own you. I think he still owns you. No 34  wonder everybody calls you a bum. 35  

Terry Don't say that to me, Edie, don't say that to me now. 36  Edie No wonder. 37  Terry I'm only trying to help you out. I'm trying to keep you 38  

from getting hurt. What more do you want me to do? 39  Edie Much more. 40  Terry Wait a minute. 41  Edie Much, much, much more. 42   43   44   45  Johnny Where are you going? 46  Terry Hi there, Johnny, I was just coming over there. 47  Johnny Where were you, in Chicago? 48  Terry No, I was just on my way over there. 49  Johnny How many times you been knocked out, Terry? 50  Terry Knocked out? Two times. 51  Johnny That's once too often. Your brains must be rattling. What 52  

you got up there, Chinese bells? I thought you were gonna 53  keep an eye on that church meeting. 54  

Terry I was there. Nothing was happening. 55  Johnny Nothing happening! Some operator you got yourself there. 56  

One more like him, we'd all be wearing striped pyjamas. 57  Terry I'm telling you, Johnny, it was a big nothing. The priest 58  

did all the talking. 59   60  

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Johnny Half an hour later, a certain Timothy J. Dugan had a secret 1  session... with the crime commission, and he done all the 2  talking. 3  

Terry Well, Dugan, what does he know? 4  Johnny Just 39 pages of our operation, that's all. 5  Terry Where'd you get that? 6  Johnny I got it. – 7  Charley The complete works of Timothy J. Dugan. 8  Terry I knew he had the guts, but I never-- 9  Johnny Guts! Why, that crummy pigeon. He ought to have his neck 10  

wrung! That's what we get for mixing with this punch-drunk 11  brother of yours. He was good for laughs, but this is 12  business. I don't like anyone goofing off in my business. 13  

Terry I wasn't— 14  Charley Why are you going around with his sister? 15   Just shut up! 16   Look Johnny,it's just the Doyle broad, she's got him so he 17  

doesn't... 18   ...know where his feet is anymore. It's an unhealthy 19  

relationship. 20  Punk Definitely! 21  Johnny Get rid of her....unless you're both tired of living. You 22  

got her address? 23  Charley Yeah. 24  Johnny We've got to do something to muzzle Dugan...or he'll raise 25  

the biggest stink this town's ever seen. We got the best 26  muscle on the waterfront. The time to use it is now. 27  Pronto, if not sooner. You know where you're going? Back in 28  the hole. No more cushy job in the loft. It's down in the 29  hole with the sweat gang till you learn your lesson. 30  

Let's go. 31  Charley Wise up! 32   33   34  Pop Come on, you're all right. Let's do it. 35  Dugan At last an Irish shipment. And loaded to the gunnels with 36  

fine Irish whiskey. 37  Pop You see, Kayo, the good Lord takes care of us all the time. 38  Dugan That he does. 39  Big Mac Come on out, Kayo, get it up. 40  Dugan All right, take it up. Take it away. 41  Big Mac And don't go walking off with any of that! You know how the 42  

boss feels about individual pilferage. 43  Dugan All right, all right. Now you see the advantage of a little 44  

man in a big coat. 45  Terry Let me see you a minute afterwards. 46  Dugan What're you here for? To see that we don't steal any of Mr. 47  

Friendly's precious cargo? 48  Terry I want to talk to you. 49  Dugan Get away from me, will you? All right. Take it up. Take it 50  

away. 51  Voice Kayo, you're a walking distillery. 52  Voice Watch it! 53  Worker Get a doctor! 54  Pop He don't need a doctor. He needs a priest. 55   56   57  Fr Barry I came down here to keep a promise. I gave Kayo my word 58  

that if he stood up to the Mob....l'd stand up with him all 59  the way. And now Kayo Dugan is dead. He was one of those 60  fellows who had the gift for standing up. This time they 61  

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fixed him. They fixed him for good this time, unless it was 1  an accident... ...like Big Mac says. Some people think the 2  Crucifixion only took place on Calvary. They better wise 3  up. Taking Joey Doyle's life to stop him from testifying is 4  a crucifixion. Dropping a sling on Kayo Dugan. ...because 5  he was ready to spill his guts tomorrow...that's a 6  crucifixion. Every time the mob puts the crusher on a good 7  man.....tries to stop him from doing his duty as a citizen, 8  it's a crucifixion. And anybody who sits around and lets it 9  happen... ...keeps silent about something he knows has 10  happened, shares the guilt of it. ...just as much as the 11  Roman soldier......who pierced the flesh of Our Lord to see 12  if He was dead. 13  

Worker Go back to your church, Father. 14  Fr Barry Boys, this is my church. 15   If you don't think Christ is down here on the waterfront... 16   ...you've got another guess coming! 17  Tillio Get off this dock, Father! 18  Terry Tillio, don't do that. - 19  Tillio Whose side are you on, boy? 20  Terry Let him finish. 21  Fr Barry Every morning... ...when the hiring boss blows his whistle 22  

...Jesus stands alongside you in the shape-up. He sees why 23  some of you get picked and some of you get passed over. He 24  sees the family men worrying about getting their rent... 25  ...and getting food in the house for the wife and kids. He 26  sees you selling your souls to the mob for a day's pay. 27  

Pop The next bum that throws something deals with me! I don't 28  care if he's twice my size! 29  

Fr Barry What does Christ think of the easy-money boys... ...who do 30  none of the work and take all the gravy? How does he feel 31  about the fellows who wear $ 150 suits.....and diamond 32  rings on your union dues and your kickback money? And how 33  does He, who spoke up without fear against every evil.feel 34  about your silence? 35  

Tillio Shut up about that! 36  Tillio Just watch this. (Terry punches Tillio) 37  Thug You see that? 38  Fr Barry You want to know what's wrong with our waterfront? It's the 39  

love of a lousy buck. It's making love of a buck, the cushy 40  job....more important than the love of man. It's forgetting 41  that every fellow down here is your brother in Christ. But 42  remember, Christ is always with you. Christ's in the shape-43  up, in the hatch, in the union hall. He's kneeling right 44  here beside Dugan and He's saying with all of you: "If you 45  do it to the least of mine, you do it to me." What they did 46  to Joey and to Dugan....they're doing to you and you. All 47  of you! And only you, only you with God's help have the 48  power to knock them out for good. 49  

Okay, Kayo. 50   51   Amen. 52  Big Mac All right. Come on. Let's go. Break it up. Let's go to 53  

work. 54  Moose Edie, here's Joey's jacket. I'm sure Kayo would wish you to 55  

have it back. 56   57   58  Pigeon loft 59  Edie Terry, Terry, I brought you Joey's jacket. Yours is coming 60  

apart. 61  

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Pigeons. 1  Terry They're nervous. There was a hawk around here before. … 2  

Edie 3  They kiss 4   5   6  Terry Father, I want to speak to you a minute. 7   Remember what you said about ...Kayo Dugan and keeping your 8  

mouth shut when you know the score. 9  Fr Barry I don't want to hear your confession. I'll dig it out for 10  

myself and use it where it'll do the most good. Father 11  Gregory will hear you. 12  

Terry I don't want to talk.... 13   14  Outside church 15   16  Terry Wait a second, wait a minute. I just want to talk to you 17  

one second. You've got to listen to me. I'm the one that 18  set Joey Doyle up for the knock off. 19  

Fr Barry Come on, take a walk with me, kid, and give it to me 20  straight. There's nothing I haven't heard. Come on. 21  

Terry It started out as a favour. Favour, who am I kidding? It's 22  "do it or else." Believe me when I tell you I just thought 23  they were... ...going to lean on him a bit. I never thought 24  he'd get knocked off. I tried to tell Edie the other night. 25  I really tried to, I wanted to tell her. She's the first 26  nice thing that's ever happened to me. 27  

Fr Barry What are you going to do about it? 28  Terry What do you mean? About telling her? 29  Fr Barry Yes, about telling her. The commission. Your subpoena. 30   I know you got a subpoena. 31  Terry I don't know. It's like carrying a monkey around on your 32  

back. 33  Fr Barry It's a question of "who rides who." 34  Terry D’you if I spill, my life ain't worth a nickel. 35  Fr Barry And how much is your soul worth if you don't? 36  Terry They're asking me to put the finger on my own brother. 37  

Johnny Friendly used to take me to ball games when I was a 38  kid. 39  

Fr Barry Ball games! Don't break my heart. I wouldn't care if he 40  gave you a life pass to the polo grounds. So you've got a 41  brother. Let me tell you something...you've got other 42  brothers getting the short hand...while Johnny is getting 43  mustard on his face at the polo grounds. Ball games!! 44  Listen, if I were you, I would walk right.... Never mind. 45  I'm not asking you to do anything, your own conscience has 46  to do the asking. 47  

Terry Conscience. That stuff can drive you nuts. 48  Fr Barry Good luck. 49  Terry Hey, is that all you've got to say? 50  Fr Barry Come here. Edie called me this morning. She's coming here 51  

to talk to me. Come on, why don't you tell her? No curves. 52  Terry Okay. 53   Thanks. 54   55   56  Edie You? 57  Terry Honest to God Edie.... His voice is blocked by the sound of 58  

a ship’s siren. Believe me, I swear to God, Edie... 59   60   61  

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Tommy Terry, guess who's here? That joker from the crime 1  commissioner's office. 2  

Terry Suppose I knew a guy that knocked somebody off... 3   ...you think I ought to turn him in? 4  Tommy You mean call a cop? Are you kidding? 5  Terry You don't think I ought to turn him in? 6  Tommy You was a Golden Warrior once. 7  Terry That's right. 8  Tommy You started the gang. 9  Terry You looking for me? 10  Glover No, not exactly. I was just resting my dogs a minute. On 11  

the next investigation we get, I hope it's got buildings 12  with elevators in them. So far this one's just been 13  climbing stairs. 14  

Terry What do you climb them for? 15  Glover It's worth it if we can tell the waterfront story 16   ...the way the people have a right to hear it. Don't you 17  

think? 18   Didn't I see you in the Garden three or four years 19  

ago...with a fellow named Wilson? I thought you were going 20  to take him that night. Man, he really dumped you. 21  

Terry He dumped me? What would you say if I told you I held that 22  bum up for half a round? 23  

Glover I could see he was hurt. 24  Terry What did you think I was doing with them combinations, 25  

petting him? 26  Glover You just couldn't finish him off? 27  Terry Don't monkey around there. 28  Glover Why didn't you finish him off? 29  Terry I was doing a favour for some pals. 30  Gover Favour? 31  Terry That's the way it was. 32  Glover That's the way it was. 33  Terry If I'd have put him down, I'd have had a title shot. I was 34  

ready that night. 35  Glover You sure looked it. That's when I figured it was all over. 36  Terry It was all over, except for the lousy bet! My own …. 37  Glover Yeah. I guess I'd better get going. Hit those stairs again. 38  

Say, was that a hook or an uppercut you caught him with 39  that first time? 40  

Terry I didn't use no hooks. I was strictly a short puncher. 41  Glover It looked like a hook to me. 42  Terry I had that bum all figured out. He had a good left hand. I 43  

let him tag me with the left hand for a couple of 44  round...so just when he starts, he thinks he's getting 45  cute, I step inside a jab...with a left, with a right, with 46  a left. I had him in my arms and from there on in we were 47  just dancing. And that's a fact! When those guys want to 48  win a bet, there's nothing they won't stop at. 49  

50   51  JP I didn't hear them, boss....but I saw seen them nose to 52  

nose, like pair of lovers. The flatfoot was eating it up. 53  Charley They've been seen together and he smiled at her. That 54  

doesn't mean he's going to talk. There is no evidence until 55  he gives public testimony. 56  

Johnny Thanks for the legal advice, Charley. That's what we always 57  kept you around here for. How do we keep him from giving 58  this testimony? Ain't that what you call "the main order of 59  business"? 60  

Charley He's a good kid. You know that. 61  

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Big Mac He's a bum. After all the days I gave him in the loft, he's 1  got no gratitude. 2  

Charley Shut up! 3  Johnny Mac, I'm conducting this investigation. 4  Charley This girl and the father, they got their hooks....in the 5  

kid so deep he doesn't even know which end is up any more. 6  Johnny I ain't interested in his mental condition. All I want to 7  

know is: is he D and D or is he a canary? 8  Charley I wish I knew. 9  Johnny So do l, Charley. For your sake. 10  Charley What do you want me to do? 11  Johnny It's simple. Drive him out to this place we've been 12  

using... try to straighten him out on the way. If you 13  don't, give him to Gerry G. 14  

Charley You can't do that. Maybe the boy is out of line, but he's 15  just a confused kid! 16  

Johnny Confused kid! First he crosses me in public and gets away 17  with it...then the next joker, pretty soon I'm just another 18  fellow around here! 19  

Charley Johnny, I can't do that. 20  Johnny Then don't. 21   22  Punk Who do you like in the third? 23  Big Mac lt's got to be New Hope. 24  Punk Definitely. 25  Charley Johnny......it's my kid brother. 26  Johnny That's for you to figure out. You can have it your way or 27  

you can have it his way....but you can't have it both ways. 28  Am I right, Truck? 29  

Truck Definitely. 30  Johnny Okay, on your horse... ...deep thinker. 31   32  In cab 33  Terry Hi, Charley. I'm glad you stopped by for me. I've been 34  

wanting to talk to you. 35  Charley Sure, kid. 36  Driver Where to? 37  Charley Go to River St. I'll tell you where to stop. 38  Terry I thought we was going to the Garden? 39  Charley We are, but I want to cover a bet on the way over. Besides, 40  

this'll give us a chance to talk. 41  Terry Nobody ever stopped you from talking, Charley. 42  Charley The grapevine says that you got a subpoena. The guys know 43  

you're not a cheese-eater. They think you shouldn't be on 44  the outside so much.....but a little on the inside .. have 45  a few little things for you at the docks. 46  

Terry A steady job...a couple extra potatoes, that's all I want. 47  Charley That's great when you're a kid, but...you're getting on, 48  

you're pushing slugger. You know it's time to think about 49  getting some ambition. 50  

Terry I always figured I'd live a little bit longer without it. 51  Charley Maybe. Look, there's a boss loader slot that's open on the 52  

new pier we're opening up. It pays six cents on every. 53  100... pounds that goes in and every 100 pounds that 54  goes out......and you don't have to lift a finger.That's $ 55  $ 2 $ 3, $400 a week. $ 400 a week just for the 56  openers . 57  

Terry I get all that dough for not doing nothing? 58  Charley You don't do anything and you don't say anything. You 59  

understand? 60  

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Terry There's more to this than I thought, Charley. I'm telling 1  you there's a lot more. 2  

Charley You're not thinking of testifying against some people that 3  we might know? 4  

Terry I don't know, Charley. I’m tellin you That's what I want to 5  talk to you about. 6  

Charley Do you know how much the piers are worth that we control 7  through the local? Do you think Johnny's going to 8  jeopardise the whole set-up....for one rubber-lipped, ex-9  tanker who's walking on his heels? What the.... 10  

Terry I could've been a lot better. 11  Charley The point is we don't have much time! 12  Terry I'm telling you, I haven't made up my mind yet! 13  Charley Make up your mind before we get to 437 River St! 14  Terry Before we get to where, Charley? Before we get to 15  Charley Listen, Terry. Take the job, no questions. Take it! 16   Terry, take this job, please. Please take it. 17  Terry Charley, Charley, oh Charley, wow 18  Charley Look, kid....How much do you weigh, slugger? 19   When you weighed 168 pounds ...you were beautiful. You 20  

could have been another Billy Conn. That skunk we got you 21  for a manager.....he brought you along too fast. 22  

Terry It wasn't him, Charley. It was you. Remember that night in 23  the Garden? You came down to my dressing room and said, 24  "Kid, this ain't your night." We're going for the price on 25  Wilson." You remember that? "This ain't your night." My 26  night! I could have taken Wilson apart! So what happens, he 27  gets the title shot outdoors in the ball park. ...and what 28  do I get? A one-way ticket to Palookaville! You was my 29  brother, Charley. You should have looked out for me a 30  little bit. You should've taken care of me a little bit so 31  I wouldn'.have to take dives for short-end money. 32  

Charley I had some bets down for you. You saw some money. 33  Terry You don't understand, I could have had class! I could have 34  

been a contender. I could have been somebody. Instead of a 35  bum... .which is what I am. Let's face it. It was you, 36  Charley! 37  

Charley Okay. Okay. I'll tell them......I couldn't find you. Ten to 38  one they won't believe me. Here, you take this. (Gives gun) 39  You're going to need it. You, pull over. Take me to the 40  Garden. 41  

42  Edie’s apartment and room 43  Terry Edie 44  Charlie Stay away from me! 45  Terry Edie? Come on, open the door, please! 46  Edie Stop it. I want you to stay away from me. 47  Terry I know what you want me to do but I ain't doing it, so 48  

forget it. 49  Edie I don't want you to do anything. You let your conscience 50  

tell you what to do. 51  Edie Shut up about that conscience, that's all I've been 52  

hearing! 53  Edie I never mentioned the word before. You just stay away from 54  

me! 55  Terry Edie, you love me. 56  Edie I didn't say I didn't love you, I said stay away from me!- 57  Terry I want you to stay with me. 58  Edie Stay away from me! 59  He grabs her violently and kisses her. 60   61  

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Voice Terry! Terry, your brother's down here! He wants to see 1  you! 2  

Terry Charley? 3  Voice 2 Hey Terry. Your brother's down here. Come on down here. 4   He wants to see you. 5  Voice 1 Terry. Come on down! 6  Edie What is it Terry? 7  Terry Charley, he's in trouble. He leaves 8  Edie Be careful. 9  Terry Charley! 10  Edie Terry? 11   12  Voice Terry! Your brother's down here! 13  Mrs Carroll Do you hear what I hear? 14  Edie Terry! 15  Mrs Carroll That's the same way they called Andy, the night I lost him. 16   Edie, be careful! Edie, be careful! 17   Edie and Terry escape a truck attempting to run them down 18  

when Terry smashes a glass panel to escape the narrow alley 19  way that they are in. 20  

Terry sees his dead brother hanging from a packer’s hook. 21  Terry lifts his dead brother down. 22  

Edie Terry. 23  Terry They got Charley. 24  Edie Terry, I'm frightened. Let's get out of here, please. First 25  

Joey, then Dugan, and now Charley, and next.... Please, 26  Terry, some place where we can live in peace. 27  

Terry I'm going to take it out of their skulls. Charley. l'm 28  going to take it out of their skulls. 29  

Edie Terry, they'll kill you, too. 30  Terry Go get the father. Tell him to take care of Charley. 31   And then come on back here and stay with him till he gets 32  

here. 33  Edie Terry, please don't do anything, please! 34  Terry For God's sake, don't leave him alone here long! 35  Edie Please, Terry. 36  Terry Do what I tell you. 37   38  Johnny Friendly’s Bar 39   40  Terry Where's John Friendly? 41  Barman He's not here now. 42  Terry Oh yeah? Give me a shot. 43  Barman Take it easy, Terry. 44  Terry Don't give me no advice, give me the shot. 45  Barman Why don't you go home before Big John gets here? 46  Terry Just give me a whiskey. 47  Tillio and Les come in 48   Stick around, Tillio. There, sit down. 49  JP tries to go to a phone 50   Get out of that phone booth! 51  Priest enters and others move 52   Stay where you are! 53  Fr Barry I want to see you, Terry. 54  Terry I'm right in front of you. 55  Fr Barry Don't give me a hard time, Terry. 56  Terry What do you want? 57  Fr Barry Your gun. 58  Terry Go and chase yourself. 59  Fr Barry Give me the gun. 60  Terry You go to hell. 61  

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Fr Barry What did you say? 1  Terry Go to hell. 2  Fr Barry punches Terry to the floor. Friendly’s people escape 3  Fr Barry Sorry, let me help you up. 4  Terry Get your hands off me. Now what am I going to do? 5  Fr Barry You want to be a brave man by firing lead into another man? 6  Terry lt's none of your business! 7  Fr Barry That isn’t being brave! 8  Terry Mind your own business! 9  Fr Barry Shooting a man isn't being brave! 10  Terry It's none of your business! 11  Fr Barry Do you want to hurt Johnny Friendly? Do you want to fix 12  

him? Do you really want to finish him? 13  Terry What do you think? 14  Fr Barry For what he did to Charley and a dozen other men that are 15  

better than Charley? Don't fight him like a hoodlum down 16  here in the jungle. That's what he wants. He'll hit you in 17  the head and plead self-defence. You'll fight him in the 18  courtroom tomorrow with the truth. As you know the truth. 19  Now you get rid of that gun. Unless you haven't the guts, 20  and if you haven't, then you’d better hold onto it! Give me 21  a beer. Do you want a beer? Make it two. 22  

23  Courtroom 24  Attorney You mean to sit there and tell me that your local takes in 25  

$65500 every year...and keeps no financial records? 26  Witness Sure. We got records. 27  Attorney Where are they? 28  Witness We was robbed last night, and we can't find no books. 29  Attorney You know you're under oath? 30  Witness Sure. 31  Attorney Isn't it odd to you that five different waterfront 32  

locals...were broken into last night? And the only item 33  missing from all of them was the financial records? 34  

Witness What do you mean, odd? Like I told you, we was robbed. 35  Attorney That's all for now.Call the next witness. 36  Judge Before you call the next witness.are all the officers of 37  

Local 347 present this morning? 38   39  Clerk Will the following please rise as their names are called? 40   Mr. Michael J. Skelly, also known as Johnny Friendly, 41  

President. 42   Mr. Lewis O. Janotta, Vice President. 43   Mr. Daniel D. Coogan, Financial Secretary. 44   Mr. Mladen Sokolivitch, Delegate. 45   Mr. Tillio A. Rodelli, Delegate. 46  Tillio Recording Secretary. 47  Judge Thank you, gentlemen. Next witness. 48  Clerk Mr. Malloy. Raise your right hand. Name, please. 49   50  Terry Terry Malloy. 51  Clerk Swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and only the 52  

truth? 53  Terry Right. 54  Clerk I do. 55  Terry I do. 56  Clerk Be seated, please. 57  Attorney Mr. Malloy...is it true that the night Joey Doyle was found 58  

dead... you were the last one to see him before he was 59  pushed from the roof? 60  

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Terry Yes. 1  Attorney Is it true you went immediately …. 2  Terry Wait! Except for the guys that pushed him off. 3  Attorney Is it true you went immediately to the Friendly bar...and 4  

expressed your feelings about the murder to Mr. Johnny 5  Friendly? 6  

Terry John Friendly, right. 7  Attorney Mr. Malloy, can you tell me whether Mr. Friendly, or I 8  

should say, Mr. Skelly...said anything to you to indicate 9  his responsibility in getting rid of Joey Doyle? 10  

Terry Right. 11  Cuts to home of Mr Upstairs 12   Attorney on television 13   Would you say that Mr. Friendly made it clear to you... 14   ...it was absolutely necessary he murder Joey Doyle in 15  

order..to maintain his control on the docks of the 16  waterfront locals Is that correct? 17  

Mr Upstairs Turn that off 18  Servant Will there be anything else? 19  Mr Upstairs Yes, Sidney, if Mr. Friendly calls, I'm out. 20  Servant Anytime today? 21  Mr Upstairs lf he calls ever, I'm out! 22  Servant Very well. 23   24  In the courtroom 25  Attorney Thank you, Mr. Malloy. You've done more than break the 26  

Joey Doyle case. We've begun to make it possible for honest 27  men to work the docks with job security and peace of mind. 28  

You may step down. That's all for now. 29  Clerk Mr. Michael J. Skelly, please. 30  Johnny (to Terry) You just dug your own grave. Go fall in it. 31   You're dead on this waterfront and every waterfront from 32  

Boston to New Orleans. You don't drive a truck or a cabyou 33  don't push a baggage rack you don't work no place, you're 34  dead! 35  

36  At stairs at bottom of Terry’s place 37  Terry Will you quit following me? Why don't you get off my tail? 38  Policeman Orders. You're hot. You ought to be glad we're following 39  

you. 40  Terry You're making me feel like a canary. 41  Policeman Well.... 42  Policeman 2 Lay off. 43  Neighbour passes 44  Terry Hi, Cheeky. 45  Policeman Who's your friend? 46  Cheeky ignores Terry 47   48  Edie I made some hot coffee. I thought you might want some. 49  

Anyway, it's all over. 50  Terry My friends don't want to talk to me. 51  Edie Are you sure they're your friends? 52  Terry I'll see you later. 53   54   55  On the rooftop 56  Terry Hey, champ, how's the kid? What's with him? 57   Terry picks up a dead pigeon 58  Tommy A pigeon for a pigeon! 59  Terry indicates to Edie that Tommy has killed all the pigeons 60  Terry. The kid. 61  

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Edie Tommy? 1  Terry What did he have to do that for? Every one of them. 2  Edie Terry, there's no place that's safe for you now on the 3  

waterfront. Maybe inland... out west some place...a farm. 4  Terry A farm? 5  Edie You could do anything, as long as you're away from Johnny 6  

Friendly. You tried to help the longshoremen.and they just 7  turn their backs and stick to their stupid D and D! Are 8  they taking chances for you? Why should you? You're not 9  even listening to me, are you? You're going down there. 10  

Just because Johnny Friendly warned you not to, you're 11  going down there. You think you got to prove that you're 12  not afraid of them! Well, go ahead, get it over with. 13  

Go down and get yourself killed you stupid, pigheaded…. 14  What are you trying to prove? 15  

Terry They always said I was a bum. Well, I ain't a bum, Edie. 16  Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt nobody. I'm just going 17  to go down there and get my rights. 18  

19  On the dock 20   21  Big Mac Everybody works today! Wolfgang.Hendricks. Padowski. 22  

Martin.Dalton. Wurthy. Hauffman. 23   24  Johnny Friendly is looking at a paper with a damning headline about him. 25  Tillio What do you think? 26  Punk That ain't such a bad picture of you, boss. 27  Johnny Stop breathing that clam sauce on me. 28  Tillio I wish you'd let me go to work on that cheese-eater. I'd 29  

top the bum off lovely. 30  Johnny Wait'll we get off this front page. 31   Then he's mine. I want him. You hear that? He's mine. 32  Big mac Where are them cops of yours, stoolie? You're going to need 33  

them. 34  Terry You're still short in the hatch, Mac. 35  Big Mac Spec. Bring me the first man you see. 36  Hand You. 37   Here's your man. 38  Big Mac You want more of the same? Come back tomorrow. 39   All right, that's it. 40   41  In the union office 42  Tillio I hope that bum comes down here. I'd love if he comes down 43  

here. 44  Johnny Did you ever hear of the Sullivan Law? They'll be down on 45  

us for the slightest infraction now, anything. I'm going to 46  be indicted any minute! Come on, gimme. He takes their guns 47  and puts them in a safe. Will you get it through your 48  heads. They're dusting off the hot seat for me! We're a 49  law-abiding union. Understand? 50  

51   52  Outside 53  Terry Friendly! John Friendly, come out of there! 54  Johnny You want to know the trouble with you? You think it makes 55  

you a big man if you give the answers. At the right time 56  I'll catch up with you. Think about that. Now, go on, beat 57  it. Don't push your luck. 58  

Terry Wait a minute. You take them heaters away from you and 59  you're nothing, you know that? 60  

Johnny You'll talk yourself in the river! 61  

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Terry You take the good goods away and the kickbacks.and 1  shakedown cabbage and the pistoleros and you're nothing. 2  Your guts is all in your wallet and your trigger finger! 3  

Johnny You ratted on us, Terry! 4  Terry From where you stand, maybe. But I'm standing over here 5  

now! I was ratting on myself all them years, I didn't even 6  know it. You gave it to Joey, you gave it to Dugan... 7  

...and you gave it to Charley who was one of your own. 8   You think you're God Almighty, but you know what you are? 9  

You're a cheap lousy, dirty, stinking mug and I'm glad what 10  I done to you! You hear that? I'm glad what I done! 11  

And I'm going to keep on doing it till I get 12  Johnny Come on, come on. 13  They fight 14  Watcher That boy fights like he used to. 15  Moose They'll kill him. lt's a massacre. 16  Watcher He's one of theirs anyway. 17  Watchers What are we waiting for? Let's go! 18  Johnny That's enough. Just let him lay there. 19  Fr Barry What happened? 20  Edie Jimmy, what happened? 21  Tillio Where are you going? 22  Edie Let me by. 23  Johnny You want him? You can have him! The little rat's yours. 24  Fr Barry Get some fresh water! 25  Edie Terry. 26  Stevedore Who's in charge here? 27  Johnny Yours truly is in charge here. 28  Stevedore We got to get this ship out of here. It's costing us money. 29  Johnny Blow your whistle. All right you guys, get to work! 30   Come on! 31  Stevedore What goes? 32  Johnny I'll have them working in two minutes. 33  Stevedore He better get these men to work. 34  Johnny Come on, you guys, on the double! Get to work! Come on. Get 35  

in there. Get in there. 36  Worker How about Terry? 37  Worker lf he don't work, we don't work. 38  Johnny Work! He can't even walk! You want to know who works? The 39  

ones I pick to work. Now get going. Come on all of you, get 40  in there. Come on, get out here. Come on, Pop, on the 41  double, you work today. 42  

Pop All my life you pushed me around. 43  Johnny Come on. 44  Pop pushes him off the wharf into the sea 45  Fr Barry Come on, you walk in with them. 46  Moose If Terry walks in, we walk in with him. They're waiting for 47  

him to walk in. 48  Fr Barry Did you hear that, Terry? Terry, did you hear that? 49  Terry Yeah. 50  Fr Barry You lost the battle, but you have a chance to win the war. 51  Terry What do I have to do? – 52  Fr Barry Walk. Can you walk? - 53  Terry Walk. 54  Fr Berry Yes, walk. To the pier, I mean. 55  Worker We'll walk in with you. So the shippers can see... 56   ...we'll take no more orders from Johnny Friendly. 57  Fr Barry Then it'll give us back our union, so we can run it on the 58  

up and up. Johnny Friendly's laying odds that you won't get 59  up. 60  

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Terry What are you standing around for? Come on, help me. Come 1  on, you guys. Put me on my feet. Come on.How you doing 2  

Terry Am I on my feet? 3  Fr Barry You're on your feet. 4  Terry I don't think I'm gonna make it. 5  Edie Terry! 6  Fr Barry You can. Just finish what you started. You can. 7  Terry Give me my hook. 8  Edie Look, for God's sake, what're you trying to do? 9  Fr Barry Take your hands off him. Keep going. Leave him alone! 10  Terry staggers to the dock 11  Stevedore All right, let's go to work! 12  Johnny Where you guys going? Wait a minute. I'll remember this. 13  

I'll remember every one of you! I'll be back! Don't you 14  forget that! I'll be back!. 15