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Edge of the City

Release Year
1957
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Drama
Directed By
Martin Ritt
Edge of the City

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

Cast & Crew

Cast

John Cassavetes

Axel Nordmann

Sidney Poitier

Tommy Tyler

Kathleen Maguire

Ellen Wilson

Ruby Dee

Lucy Tyler

Val Avery

Brother

Robert F. Simon

Mr. George Nordmann

Ruth White

Mrs. Nordmann

William A. Lee

Davis

John Kellogg

Detective

David Clarke

Wallace

Estelle Hemsley

Lucy's Mother

Roy Glenn

Stevedore (uncredited)

Crew

Martin Ritt

Director

Robert Alan Aurthur

Screenplay

Joseph C. Brun

Director of Photography

Sidney Meyers

Editor

Anna Hill Johnstone

Costume Design

David Susskind

Producer

Robert Alan Aurthur

Story

James A. Gleason

Sound

Don Kranze

Assistant Director

Richard Sylbert

Art Direction

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