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Edge of the City

7.1 85 mins Drama   Crime   Romance   1957
David Susskind Productions   Jonathan Productions   Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer  
Director(s): Martin Ritt

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.

Casts of Edge of the City

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

William A. Lee

as Davis

John Kellogg

as Detective

David Clarke

as Wallace

Estelle Hemsley

as Mrs. Price

Roy Glenn

as Stevedore (uncredited)

Ralph Bell

as Night Boss (uncredited)

Mike Dana

as Detective (uncredited)

Charles Jordan

as Old Stevedore (uncredited)

Mike O'Dowd

as Malick's Henchman (uncredited)

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