Terry Malloy is a hoodlum caught between the beginnings of a conscience and the racketeers for whom he works. Katie is t hat conscience. But she is torn between her love for him and her belief he killed her brother. Together with a slum-reared Catholic priest Father Pete Barry Terry and Katie take on the gangster-ridden waterfront unions of Johnnie Friendly. After writing the award-winning film of On The Waterfron Budd Schulberg developed the story of Terry Malloy into a novel. An exceptionally talented and experienced reader William Hootkins captures the mood of this stark realistic story of brutality corruption and tender love with great force and energy.