Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint)’s Timeline and Summary

Edie Doyle (Eva Marie Saint)’s Timeline and Summary

  • Edie is outraged when Johnny Friendly's gang kills her brother. She demands justice, and provokes Father Barry to organize the dockworkers and urge them to testify against Johnny.
  • She goes to a meeting held by Barry with the workers. But the meeting is attacked by Johnny Friendly's hoods.
  • Fortunately, Terry helps her escape. They bond afterwards, walking through a park.
  • Her father urges her not to hang out with Terry and go back to school, but she doesn't listen.
  • She wants to solve Joey's murder, and she knows Terry has a conscience and might be able to tell her something.
  • Later, she and Terry go out, but she leaves when Terry refuses to crack and admit the truth about what he knows to her.
  • When Terry later confesses the role he played in Joey's death, Edie gets upset and runs away.
  • But, just before Charley's death, she makes up with him and they get together.
  • After Terry testifies, she joins him down on the dock, showing him support after he gets beat up.
  • She's right there, looking on, when Terry picks himself up and walks into work, ending Johnny Friendly's reign.