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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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Purchase Edge of The City on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes star as Tommy Tyler and Axel North, an African American man and the white army deserter who become friends in this hard-hitting drama.
- Martin Ritt
- John Cassavetes
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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,...
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- Martin Ritt
- Drama
- John Cassavetes
Sep 19, 2018 · Edge of the City (1957, trailer) [Sidney Poitier, John Cassavetes, Ruby Dee, Kathleen Maguire] https://www.daaracarchive.org/2018/09... Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) takes a job as a dock...
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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.
