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.
| Sound | Leonard Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Boris Kaufman | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Elia Kazan | Director |
| Editing | Gene Milford | Editor |
| Writing | Budd Schulberg | Screenplay |
| Production | Sam Spiegel | Producer |
| Sound | Jim Shields | Sound Designer |
| Production | George Justin | Production Manager |
| Art | Richard Day | Art Direction |
| Writing | Malcolm Johnson | Idea |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mary Roche | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fred Carlton Ryle | Makeup Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Herman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Flo Transfield | Wardrobe Master |
| Crew | Guy Thomajan | Dialogue Coach |
| Directing | Charles H. Maguire | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Budd Schulberg | Original Story |
| Directing | Roberta Hodes | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Samuel Rheiner | Producer's Assistant |
