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Edge of the City is a 1957 American film-noir drama film directed by Martin Ritt in his directorial debut, and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay was expanded from his original script, staged as the final episode of Philco Television Playhouse, A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955), also featuring Poitier.
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.
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- Drama
- Martin Ritt
- 1957-01-04
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 Axel's past, forcing...
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- Martin Ritt
- Drama
- John Cassavetes
Edge of the City - (Original Trailer) An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official in Edge of the City (1957).
- Martin Ritt, Don Kranze
- John Cassavetes
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.
Edge of the City (1957) is an intelligent race relations film noir starring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee and John Cassavetes, directed by Martin Ritt.
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1957's Edge of the City, directed by Martin Ritt, stars John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden and Ruby Dee. It's the story of a troubled man, Axel, who has a mysterious past that gradually comes out during the film.
