FICTION: Johnny Friendly, Corruption on the Waterfront

For 1950s movie audiences, Johnny Friendly was a disturbingly real depiction of a gangster—one with no moral code to speak of. The corrupt union boss from Elia Kazan’s iconic film On the Waterfront cares about two things: money and his own reputation.

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Bad guys. Black hats. Evildoers. They are the bane of every hero’s existence…and the subject of Parcast’s dastardly new original series, Villains. Every Friday, Villains will dissect the greatest foils from history and fiction—uncovering origins, analyzing impacts, and exploring the complexity of character and motive. Villains is a Spotify Original from Parcast.