On the Waterfront (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards

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Year 'On the Waterfront' was released

1954

'D&D' code meaning on the docks

Deaf and Dumb - enforced silence

Year of Waterfront Crime Commission hearings

1953

Director of 'On the Waterfront'

Elia Kazan

Screenwriter of 'On the Waterfront'

Budd Schulberg

Full name of HUAC

House Un-American Activities Committee

Father Barry's view of the docks

His 'parish' - a moral battleground for justice

Where 'On the Waterfront' was filmed

Entirely on location in New Jersey

Johnny Friendly's character type

Corrupt union boss using intimidation and violence

Definition of longshoremen

Dockworkers

Terry's testimony mirrors whose real action

Elia Kazan's HUAC testimony naming communists

Father Barry quote: mob pressure on good men

Every time the mob puts pressure on a good man, it's 'a crucifixion'

Father Barry quote defining the church

Not a building, but wherever a man fights for justice

Edie Doyle's role in Terry's journey

Catalyst for transformation; voice of feminine conscience

Historical setting of the film

Post-WWII America with industrial unrest and crime

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