Edge of the City (1957)

Directors

Martin Ritt

Cast

John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Val Avery

The story

thumb|left|260px|Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes Young, insecure drifter Axel Nordmann arrives at the waterfront on the west side of Manhattan, seeking employment as a longshoreman, and giving his name as "Axel North." He goes to work in a gang of stevedores headed by Charlie Malick, a vicious bully, and is befriended by Tommy Tyler, who also supervises a stevedore gang and has an engaging, charming sense of humor. Malick resents blacks and is antagonized when Axel goes to work for Tommy. Axel moves into Tommy's neighborhood, becomes friends with Tommy's wife Lucy and develops a romantic relationship with her friend Ellen Wilson.

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