

04/01/1957
A male army deserter and a black male dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager, in a corrupt environment, and as their connection blossoms they must face the oppressive and morally decaying city they live in.

John Cassavetes
as Axel Nordmann

Sidney Poitier
as Tommy Tyler

Jack Warden
as Charles Malik

Kathleen Maguire
as Ellen Wilson

Ruby Dee
as Lucy Tyler

Val Avery
as Brother

Robert F. Simon
as George Nordmann

Ruth White
as Katherine Nordmann

William A. Lee
as Davis

John Kellogg
as Detective

David Clarke
as Wallace

Estelle Hemsley
as Mrs. Price

Roy Glenn
as Stevedore (uncredited)

Ralph Bell
as Night Boss (uncredited)

Mike Dana
as Detective (uncredited)

Charles Jordan
as Old Stevedore (uncredited)

Mike O'Dowd
as Malick's Henchman (uncredited)
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