Edge of the City

Edge of the City

1957 | 1h 25m | Drama, Crime | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

When their bigoted union boss kills Tommy and blackmails Axel to keep his secret, Axel must decide whether to live in fear -- allowing his friend's murderer to go free -- or to go to the police and face prison himself.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Martin Ritt

CAST

John Cassavetes

Sidney Poitier

Jack Warden

Kathleen Maguire

Ruby Dee

Val Avery

Robert Simon

Ruth White

William A. Lee

John Kellogg

David Clarke

PRODUCERS

David Susskind

WRITERS

Robert Alan Aurthur

Robert Alan Aurthur

Host Intros

02:21
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Edge Of The City (1957)
Intro Aired: Jan 2019
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Edge Of The City, 1957.

Related Videos

02:53
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) The Lower Forms
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Axel (John Cassavetes), himself of iffy background, still on his first day working the New York docks, joins Tyler (Sidney Poitier), whom he finds much more welcoming than crooked Charlie (not seen), who got him the job, early in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
03:31
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) With Nine College Degrees
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First scene for Ruby Dee as Lucy, wife of Tommie (Sidney Poitier), hosting his increasingly close new friend and colleague Axel (John Cassavetes), who is surprised to learn schoolteacher Ellen (Kathleen Maguire) is also invited, in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
03:09
Edge Of The City (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Put Him In My Gang
Clip
We have only bits of background on Axel (John Cassavetes), sleeping rough and awakened by Tyler (Sidney Poitier), seeking work in the docks through his connection to Malik (Jack Warden), to whom he gives a false last name, early in Martin Ritt's Edge Of The City, 1957.
03:02
Edge of the City - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official in Edge of the City (1957).

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