Edge of the City1957

★7.185 minDramaCrimeRomance

A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.

Director

Martin Ritt

Writer

Robert Alan Aurthur

Score

Leonard Rosenman David Buttolph Skip Martin

Stars

John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden

Cast17

John Cassavetes
as Axel Nordmann
Sidney Poitier
as Tommy Tyler
Jack Warden
as Charles Malik
Kathleen Maguire
as Ellen Wilson
Ruby Dee
as Lucy Tyler
Val Avery
as Brother
Robert F. Simon
as George Nordmann
Ruth White
as Katherine Nordmann
W
William A. Lee
as Davis
John Kellogg
as Detective
David Clarke
as Wallace
Estelle Hemsley
as Mrs. Price
Roy Glenn
as Stevedore (uncredited)
R
Ralph Bell
as Night Boss (uncredited)
M
Mike Dana
as Detective (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
as Old Stevedore (uncredited)
M
Mike O'Dowd
as Malick's Henchman (uncredited)

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Edge of the City1957

Cast17

Edge of the City1957

Cast17

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