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Need a job?  Charlie Malik (Jack Warden) can find a spot for you in the dockside railyards. All he asks is that you show up on time, work hard -- and kick back part of your pay. Two laborers, (Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes) face corruption on the New York waterfront and share a bond cutting across society's black/white divide in this gritty "first American film mainly concerned with interracial friendship" (David Shipman, The Story of Cinema). Martin Ritt makes his screen-directing debut, launching a career of social-conscience moviemaking that includes Hud, Sounder & Norma Rae. And the powerful cast includes Jack Warden and Ruby Dee. Touch, urgent and steeped in working-class realities, Edge of the City is filmmaking with a cutting edge.

"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." - Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

"This is a rare film of high seriousness. Produced on a modest budget with a group of fine young actors." - Jonathan Baumbach, Film Culture

"A lovely character study without denigrating itself with pompous moralizing or forced sentimentality." - Dave Giannini, InSession Film