The angry gangster union boss, Johnny Friendly (Lee J.Cobb) who callously rules this section of the waterfront, walks up the gangplank with his mobster entourage from the office (shack) of the Longshoreman""s local Union.Alan Jay Lerner, who was responsible for the screenplay, co-wrote the music and lyrics with Frederick (Fritz) Loewe.When the original filmMad Max (1979)was released in Australia in April of 1979, it was extremely popular and successful, but it suffered a problematic distribution and release in the US by American International Pictures (AIP) - due o AIP""s transition to Filmways at the time, and AIP""s fears that US audiences wouldn""t understand Aussie accents.The body bags of the two Crystal Lake storeowners were being loaded into an ambulance at the crime scene.