Edge of the City

Edge of the City

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1957

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

Edge of the City

85 mins | Drama | Jan. 4, 1957

Edge of the City
An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, David Susskind Productions, Jonathan Productions
Original title Edge of the City
Directors Don Kranze, Martin Ritt
Writers Robert Alan Aurthur

Cast

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 Mr. George Nordmann

Ruth White

as Mrs. Nordmann

William A. Lee

as Davis

John Kellogg

as Detective

David Clarke

as Wallace

Estelle Hemsley

as Lucy's Mother

Roy Glenn

as Stevedore (uncredited)