Edge of the City

Edge of the City (1957)

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Edge of the City is a modern morality play, acted out in the railyards of New York. AWOL soldier John Cassavetes takes a job as a railroad worker, where he is taunted and bullied by supervisor Jack Warden, a union functionary appointed by the Mob. Cassavetes befriends his African-American co-worker… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 25 min.
Directed By
Martin Ritt
Written By
Robert Alan Aurthur
Genres
Drama, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 29, 1957 Limited
On DVD
Jan 27, 2009
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    Martin Ritt's impressive feature directing debut is a socially conscious drama, about union corruption, interracial integration, and moral integrity, well acted by John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier.

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  • Michael G


    While not a bad movie, you could tell it was trying to cop from On the Waterfront a bit. Poitier's character is impossible but it all somehow works.

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