Edge of the City
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 Sydney Poitier, whose very presence enrages the bigoted Warden. Poitier dies in an accident arranged by Warden; Cassavetes knows the truth, but is frightened into silence by the corrupt union.
Inspired by Poitier's widow to stand up for what is right, Cassavetes challenges Warden in a climactic one-on-one battle. Edge of the City was produced by David Susskind, who'd previously staged Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay for television under its original title, A Man is Ten Feet Tall.
| Director: | Martin Ritt |
| Producer(s): | David Susskind |
| Cast: | Jack Warden, Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Ruth White, John Cassavetes, Val Avery, William Lee, David Clarke, John Kellogg, Robert Simon |
| Writer(s): | Robert Alan Aurthur |
