Edge of the City 1957  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden, Kathleen Maguire, Ruby Dee, Robert F. Simon, Ruth White, Val Avery, John Kellogg, David Clarke, William A. Lee, Estelle Hemsley, Mike Dana, Roy Glenn, Ralph Bell
Longshoremen–cohorts Axel North (John Cassavetes) and Army deserter Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier)–confront their bullying, racist supervisor Charles Malik (Jack Warden). The result is death for Tyler. The police investigate, but North, who knows that Malik killed Tyler, keeps silent. It isn't until later that North challenges Malik to a showdown in a one-on-one fight to avenge Tyler's death.
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Killer's Kiss 1955  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Cast: Frank Silvera, Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Jerry Jarret, Mike Dana, Felice Orlandi, Ralph Roberts, Phil Stevenson, Julius Adelman, David Vaughan
Prizefighter Davy (Jamie Smith) witnesses neighbor and nightclub dancer Gloria (Irene Kane) being attacked by her boss (Frank Silvera) and intercedes. This gets the boss more than a little upset, and he sends a killer after Davy. Now Davy and Gloria are on the run. A fair film noir in an early Kubrick effort.
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| 1. Edge of the City (1957)
2. Killer's Kiss (1955)
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