Karl Malden said that the hardest acting challenge of his career was to give this speech, knowing he was going to get hit in the head with a beer can, but acting like he didn't know it was coming.

Powerful, powerful scene, I love the words of the father priest.

A powerful scene from one of the greatest moments in cinema history of all time Period!!!!!

Thank you for sharing this. Truly one the most powerful and inspiring moments ever captured on film. Still gives me chills and tears everytime...

They cut the scene about 15 seconds too short. The scene of Karl Malden rising out of the hold on the hoist with Kayo Dugan's body is one of the great moments in a great film. Visual representation of the Christian doctrine of the Resurrection.

Working at the port and seeing this ties a lot of things together..

I linked to this on my psact wordpress blog. It's so great on every level. Thanks 1954clips for posting it- just the scene I came looking for.

The Christian soldier is the bravest of all, his sword is the good word of the Lord.

Come on Brando give the thugs a good fight.!

In. 1955 I was born into a Brooklyn Catholic family…a year after this film was made…9 years after my father helped win a world war against racist fascism and a month before the Birmingham bus boycott. This is a bracing reminder of the values my parents stood for.

Great scene, great film. What they don’t tell you is that in the alternative ending, the Lord God Almighty finally arrives in the form of capitalists with container shipping and the whole operation moves to New Jersey, longshoremen make 200k and IKEA opens a store for “new” Brooklynites in Red Hook. This piece of coastline is still one of the best deep water ports in the country but unfortunately you can’t get anywhere from there without somehow getting through the city first.

Hundred and fifty dollar suits?