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Edge of the City: Directed by Martin Ritt. With John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire. The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.
Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) takes a job as a dock laborer and is continually harassed by his tyrannical supervisor, Charles Malik (Jack Warden). Malik knows a secret from Axel's past,...
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A hard-hitting urban drama filmed on the docks of the New York City waterfront, Edge of the City (1957) is a key film of the fifties for several reasons.
Purchase Edge of The City on digital and stream instantly or download offline. Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes star as Tommy Tyler and Axel North, an African American man and the white army deserter who become friends in this hard-hitting drama.
“Edge of the City” is a knife dance on the fringes of the Hays Code and mainstream Hollywood. Martin Ritt’s tale of two stevedores flirts with issues of racial, anti Semitic, and sexual exclusion.
Young and insecure drifter Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) arrives on the waterfront of the west side of Manhattan. He seeks anonymous employment as a longshoreman, offering the alias of 'Alex North' after finding work under bigoted boss Charlie Malick (Jack Warden).
Edge of the City (1957) Approved | Drama. Watch options. Official Trailer. The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk.
