Edge of the City (1957)

Directed by

Martin Ritt

Genre

drama film, film noir, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 25m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A discharged army soldier takes a job on the New York City docks. He forms a close bond with a fellow longshoreman, but a violent bully threatens their friendship.

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What happens

Edge of the City is a 1957 American crime drama film directed by Martin Ritt in his directorial debut, and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay was expanded from his original script, staged as the final episode of The Philco Television Playhouse, A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955), also featuring Poitier. The film was considered unusual for its time because of its portrayal of an interracial friendship, and was praised by representatives of the NAACP, Urban League, American Jewish Committee and Interfaith Council because of its portrayal of racial brotherhood. In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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