"[to the dockworkers] Isn't it simple as one, two, three? One, the working conditions are bad. Two, they're bad because the mob does the hiring. And three, the only way we can break the mob is to stop letting them get away with murder."
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Crime drama films1950s American filmsBest Picture Academy Award winnersFilms set in New JerseyFilms about organized crime
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