Marlon Brando is a superb actor and in On the Waterfront (La ley del silencio) he gave his finest PERFORMANCE. It is his best-known ROLE. The CAST also included Eva Marie Saint and Karl Malden and the film’s DIRECTOR, Elia Kazan, never made a better film. Parts of the film were shot in the STUDIO in Hollywood, but a lot was made on LOCATION in the streets of New York, which makes it at times like a DOCUMENTARY. The critics loved the film but it was not only a CRITICAL success. It was a great BOX OFFICE success as well, and made an enormous profit. The PLOT is about a young man’s attempt to be a boxing champion.