Where was the movie "On the Waterfront" filmed?

"On the Waterfront" (1954) is a classic, award-winning, controversial film directed by Elia Kazan - a part drama and part gangster film. The authentic-looking, powerful film is concerned with the problems of trade unionism, corruption and racketeering.The film portrays a world where dock workers struggled for wages, dignity, and to make ends meet under the control of hard-knuckled, mob-run labor unions that would force them to submit to daily 'shape-ups' by cruel hiring bosses.

To add realism, "On the Waterfront" was filmed over 36 days on-location in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the cargo holds of ships, workers' slum dwellings, the bars, the littered alleys, and on the rooftops. Several of the labor bosses' chief bodyguards/goons in the film were real-life, professional ex-heavyweight boxers. Many Hoboken residents played extras or even minor characters.

The harsh, naturalistic, well-acted and uncompromising film was hugely successful, critically and financially. Its budget of slightly less than $1 million brought in almost $10 million at the box-office. The gritty black and white cinematography was singled out as superior, and the film won eight Academy Awards.