72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Edge of the City

Martin Ritt
     85 m.
Synopsis
Axel Norman, fleeing from his past, gets a job at the docks, where he meets Tommy Tyler, an Afro-American. They soon become friends and Tyler helps him to rebuild his life. However, the foreman knows how serious the secrets that Axel is so zealously keeping are, and decides to blackmail him. Martin Ritt's first full-length film.
Director
Martin Ritt
Screenplay
Robert Alan Aurthur
Photography
Joseph C. Brun
Cast
Sidney Poitier, John Cassavetes, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire
Running Time
85 m.
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