De Waterfront Crime Commission staat op het punt publieke hoorzittingen te houden over vakbondsmisdaden en infiltratie ervan door de onderwereld. Terwijl de havenarbeiders tegen elkaar worden opgestookt, wordt Terry Malloy ongewild betrokken bij de moord op een mede havenarbeider.
Nee, helaas is De wrede haven nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Elia Kazan | Director |
| Writing | Budd Schulberg | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Spiegel | Producer |
| Sound | Leonard Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Gene Milford | Editor |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jim Shields | Sound Designer |
| Production | George Justin | Production Manager |
| Writing | Malcolm Johnson | Idea |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Roche | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Carlton Ryle | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Herman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flo Transfield | Wardrobe Master |
| Writing | Budd Schulberg | Original Story |
| Production | Samuel Rheiner | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Guy Thomajan | Dialogue Coach |
