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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edge_of_the_CityEdge of the City - Wikipedia

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   Edge of the City is a 1957 American film-noir drama about an interracial friendship between a deserter and a longshoreman. The film, directed by Martin Ritt and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier, was praised for its portrayal of racial brotherhood and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

2. www.imdb.com › title › tt0050347Edge of the City (1957) - IMDb

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   Edge of the City: Directed by Martin Ritt. With John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire. The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.

   • 7.2/10 (3.6K)
   • Genre: Drama

   • Director: Martin Ritt

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   Edge of the City. Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) takes a job as a dock laborer and is continually harassed by his tyrannical supervisor, Charles Malik (Jack Warden). Malik knows a secret from ...

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   • Director: Martin Ritt

   • Category: Drama
   • Actors: John Cassavetes

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   A hard-hitting urban drama filmed on the docks of the New York City waterfront, Edge of the City (1957) is a key film of the fifties for several reasons. First and foremost, it dealt with issues of race, which were rarely addressed in Hollywood films of this period (Stanley Kramer's Home of the Brave (1949) was an early exception).

   • Director: Martin Ritt, Don Kranze

   • Actors: John Cassavetes

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7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0050347Edge of the City (1957) - Plot - IMDb

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   A young drifter (John Cassavetes) befriends a black longshoreman (Sidney Poitier) in New York City, but faces danger from a corrupt and racist boss (Jack Warden). IMDb provides two plot summaries and a synopsis of this film noir drama.

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   “Edge of the City” is a knife dance on the fringes of the Hays Code and mainstream Hollywood. Martin Ritt’s tale of two stevedores flirts with issues of racial, anti Semitic, and sexual exclusion. Starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier, “Edge” explores what happens when two men who belong nowhere find a home in each other.

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   What is an edge city?

   • Garreau argues that the edge city has become the standard form of urban growth worldwide, representing a 20th-century urban form unlike that of the 19th-century central downtown. Other terms for these areas include suburban activity centers, megacenters, and suburban business districts. These districts have now developed in many countries.

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   Is 'edge of the city' a good movie?

   • Otherwise, Sidney Poitier, John Cassavetes and Jack Warden all play off each other well in this movie that favors actions over words. But even though "Edge of the City" starts decently enough, and makes its point well in the end, the dramatic tension does fall off somewhat in the second act.

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   Where is the edge of town?

   • Conveniently located at the top of Cheyenne at the 215 you truly are at the Edge of Town. Minutes from Summerlin, Sun City, and Centennial Hills, The Edge is a short drive from most parts of town.

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   Is edge of the city a movie about racism?

   • "Edge of the City" is a movie about racism. How it handles the topic so well is by hardly mentioning it and instead finding creative ways to provoke the less enlightened audience of 1957. First is by introducing Sidney Poitier off-screen, so the audience hears his voice before seeing him for the first time.

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