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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. Cast John Cassavetes Axel Nordmann Sidney Poitier Tommy Tyler Jack Warden Charles Malik Kathleen Maguire Ellen Wilson Ruby Dee Lucy Tyler Robert F. Simon Mr. George Nordmann Ruth White Mrs. Nordmann Val Avery Brother John Kellogg Detective David Clarke Wallace William A. Lee Davis Estelle Hemsley Lucy`s Mother Mike Dana Detective Roy Glenn Stevedore Ralph Bell Night Boss