Edge of the City (1957)
Tense drama of frightened men!
85 min
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.
- Release date
- January 4, 1957
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Leonard Rosenman
Where to watch
Free with ads
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Edge of the City (Main Title)instrumental3:12
- Love in the Cityinstrumental3:07
- The City at Nightinstrumental3:26
- Violence in the Cityinstrumental2:07
- Life and Death in the Cityinstrumental2:27
- Main Title (The Cobweb)instrumental3:47
- Holcomb's Episode / Drape Trouble Beganinstrumental3:15
- Stevie's Analysis / Drawinginstrumental3:27
- Cafeteria Scene / Sue's Secretinstrumental1:59
- McIver's Fight / McIver and Son / McIver Fight End (Escape From the Cobweb)instrumental3:11
- Steve's First Violence / Stevie Apologizes / Stevie and Sue in Theater / Bang Sceneinstrumental3:33
- Karen Acts / Stevie and Sue's Goodnight (Caverns of the Brain)instrumental3:55
Cast
- John Cassavetes as Axel Nordmann
- Sidney Poitier as Tommy Tyler
- Jack Warden as Charlie Malick
- Kathleen Maguire as Ellen Wilson
- Ruby Dee as Lucy Tyler
- Val Avery as Brother
- Robert F. Simon as George Nordmann
- Ruth White as Katherine Nordmann
- William A. Lee as Davis
- John Kellogg as Detective
- David Clarke as Wallace
- Estelle Hemsley as Mrs. Price
- Roy Glenn as Stevedore (uncredited)
- Mike Dana as Detective (uncredited)
- Charles Jordan as Old Stevedore (uncredited)
- Mike O'Dowd as Malick's Henchman (uncredited)
Crew
- Martin Ritt · Director
- Robert Alan Aurthur · Writer
- David Susskind · Producer
- Leonard Rosenman · Composer
- Joseph C. Brun · Cinematographer
- Sidney Meyers · Editor