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* {{Determinator}}: Terry, barely alive after a brutal beating by Friendly's goons, wills himself to the front of the worker's line to demand he work that day in spite of Friendly's death threats.



* {{Determinator}}: Terry, barely alive after a brutal beating by Friendly's goons, wills himself to the front of the worker's line to demand he work that day in spite of Friendly's death threats.
* DirtyCoward: The only reason Terry lost the fight with Friendly was because Friendly called his guards to help him pry Terry off. The dockworkers, witnessing this, lose all respect and fear of Friendly.



* DirtyCoward: The only reason Terry lost the fight with Friendly was because Friendly called his guards to help him pry Terry off. The dockworkers, witnessing this, lose all respect and fear of Friendly.



* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some people (including the people who do the commentary track for the DVD version) are fond of claiming that the film's one weak link is Father Barry. According to the critics, his didactic sermons and high moral tone sometimes stand in contrast with the naturalistic dialogue in the rest of the movie, and Karl Malden occasionally overplays the part by being sanctimonious and one-dimensional. What they seem not to realize is that, according to writer Bud Schulberg, about 80% of Barry's "unrealistic" "Sermon on the Docks" was taken from the speeches of the real-life waterfront priest Fr. John Corridan, S.J. Not only that, but Karl Malden lived with Fr. Corridan for several days before shooting (he purchased Corridan's hat and coat and wore them onscreen), and was specifically asked by Corridan not to play the character as "holier-than-thou", and therefore made deliberate efforts to tone it down.



--> '''Terry''': You want to know something? Take the heater away and you're nothin'.
--> '''Johnny Friendly''': ''(enraged)'' [[SilenceYouFool Go on talkin'. You're talkin' yourself right into the river. Go on, go on]]...
--> '''Terry''': Take the good goods away, and the kickback and the shakedown cabbage away and the pistoleros away and you're a great big hunk of nothing! Your guts is all in your [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney wallet]] and your [[AppealToForce trigger finger]] you know that!
--> '''Johnny Friendly''': ''(enraged)'' [[TheStoolPigeon You ratted on us, Terry]]!
--> '''Terry''': From where you stand, maybe. [[HeelFaceTurn But I'm standing over here now]]. I was rattin' on myself all them years and didn't even know it.
--> '''Johnny Friendly''': Come on!
--> '''Terry''': You give it to Joey, you give it to Doogan, you give it to Charley, [[BadBoss who was one of your own]]! You think [[AGodAmI you're God Almighty]] but you know what you are? You're a cheap, LOUSY, DIRTY, STINKIN', '''MUG'''!
-->'''Terry''': I'm glad what I done today, see? [[IRegretNothing And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done]]! [[DirtyCop And I'm going to keep on doing it]]-
--> '''Johnny Friendly''': [[UnstoppableRage Come on. Come on]]! ''(cue NoHoldsBarredBeatdown)''
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some people (including the people who do the commentary track for the DVD version) are fond of claiming that the film's one weak link is Father Barry. According to the critics, his didactic sermons and high moral tone sometimes stand in contrast with the naturalistic dialogue in the rest of the movie, and Karl Malden occasionally overplays the part by being sanctimonious and one-dimensional. What they seem not to realize is that, according to writer Bud Schulberg, about 80% of Barry's "unrealistic" "Sermon on the Docks" was taken from the speeches of the real-life waterfront priest Fr. John Corridan, S.J. Not only that, but Karl Malden lived with Fr. Corridan for several days before shooting (he purchased Corridan's hat and coat and wore them onscreen), and was specifically asked by Corridan not to play the character as "holier-than-thou", and therefore made deliberate efforts to tone it down.

to:

--> '''Terry''': You want to know something? Take the heater away and you're nothin'. \n--> \\
'''Johnny Friendly''': ''(enraged)'' [[SilenceYouFool Go on talkin'. You're talkin' yourself right into the river. Go on, go on]]... \n--> \\
'''Terry''': Take the good goods away, and the kickback and the shakedown cabbage away and the pistoleros away and you're a great big hunk of nothing! Your guts is all in your [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney wallet]] and your [[AppealToForce trigger finger]] you know that!
-->
that!\\
'''Johnny Friendly''': ''(enraged)'' [[TheStoolPigeon You ratted on us, Terry]]!
-->
Terry]]!\\
'''Terry''': From where you stand, maybe. [[HeelFaceTurn But I'm standing over here now]]. I was rattin' on myself all them years and didn't even know it.
-->
it.\\
'''Johnny Friendly''': Come on!
-->
on!\\
'''Terry''': You give it to Joey, you give it to Doogan, you give it to Charley, [[BadBoss who was one of your own]]! You think [[AGodAmI you're God Almighty]] but you know what you are? You're a cheap, LOUSY, DIRTY, STINKIN', '''MUG'''!
-->'''Terry''':
'''MUG'''! \\
'''Terry''':
I'm glad what I done today, see? [[IRegretNothing And I'm glad what I done to you, ya hear that? I'm glad what I done]]! [[DirtyCop And I'm going to keep on doing it]]-
-->
it]]-\\
'''Johnny Friendly''': [[UnstoppableRage Come on. Come on]]! ''(cue NoHoldsBarredBeatdown)''
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Some people (including the people who do the commentary track for the DVD version) are fond of claiming that the film's one weak link is Father Barry. According to the critics, his didactic sermons and high moral tone sometimes stand in contrast with the naturalistic dialogue in the rest of the movie, and Karl Malden occasionally overplays the part by being sanctimonious and one-dimensional. What they seem not to realize is that, according to writer Bud Schulberg, about 80% of Barry's "unrealistic" "Sermon on the Docks" was taken from the speeches of the real-life waterfront priest Fr. John Corridan, S.J. Not only that, but Karl Malden lived with Fr. Corridan for several days before shooting (he purchased Corridan's hat and coat and wore them onscreen), and was specifically asked by Corridan not to play the character as "holier-than-thou", and therefore made deliberate efforts to tone it down.
NoHoldsBarredBeatdown)''


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* TitleDrop:
--> "We've got the best muscle on the waterfront!"\\
"Terry, there's no place that's safe for you now on the waterfront."

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