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second half of plot
However, this man is also murdered: the foreman causes a load of boxes to fall on him. The priest comes to give the last rites and turns it into a sermon condemning as a "[[crucifixion]]" acts such as oppressing the workers or keeping the code of D and D (remaining "deaf and dumb" to illegal acts). Terry stops one mobster from pelting the priest. Another man also threatens to take action if anyone else tries to stop the priest from speaking.
However, this man is also murdered: the foreman causes a load of boxes to fall on him. The priest comes to give the last rites and turns it into a sermon condemning as a "[[crucifixion]]" acts such as oppressing the workers or keeping the code of D and D (remaining "deaf and dumb" to illegal acts). Terry stops one mobster from pelting the priest. Another man also threatens to take action if anyone else tries to stop the priest from speaking.
Terry starts trying to see the girl whose brother was pushed off the roof, but she'll hardly talk of anything else but bringing the murderers to justice. Finally, he admits to the priest and then to the girl his complicity in the murder.
Mob boss John Friendly wants to break up the relationship before Terry turn canary, and orders Terry's brother to make Terry shut up or to have him killed. In the famous taxi scene, Terry's brother first tries to talk him into silence, even pulling a gun on him. Terry counters, "You should have taken better care of me, I could have been a [[contender]]."
Terry finally testifies to the [[crime commission]] and daringly shows up for work the next day. When he's refused work, he walks to the union headquarters, a shack on a small barge attached to the dock. He verbally confronts the mob boss, as the entire crew of longshoremen watch and listen. He challenges the mob boss to a fight, but when he starts getting the best of the fight the boss's men intervene and beat him almost unconscious.
In the climatic final scene, Terry staggers up the gangplank and along the dock to the warehouse entrance, because the men all refuse to begin work unless he also is hired. Together, they signal their refusal to tolerate the corruption any more.
He agrees to testif
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