Edge of the City

Edge of the City
Edge of the City
	Theatrical release poster by Saul Bass
Directed by	Martin Ritt
Screenplay by	Robert Alan Aurthur
Based on	A Man Is Ten Feet Tall; by Robert Alan Aurthur
Produced by	Jim Di Gangi; David Susskind
Starring	John Cassavetes; Sidney Poitier; Jack Warden; Kathleen Maguire; Ruby Dee
Cinematography	Joseph Brun
Edited by	Sidney Meyers
Music by	Leonard Rosenman
Production; companies	David Susskind Productions; Jonathan Productions
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	January 29, 1957;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$493,000
Box office	$760,000

Edge of the City is a 1957 American film-noir drama film directed by Martin Ritt in his directorial debut, and starring John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier. Robert Alan Aurthur's screenplay was expanded from his original script, staged as the final episode of Philco Television Playhouse, A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955), also featuring Poitier.

The film was considered unusual for its time because of its portrayal of an interracial friendship, and was praised by representatives of the NAACP, Urban League, American Jewish Committee and Interfaith Council because of its portrayal of racial brotherhood.^[2]

In 2023, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."^[3]

^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ Cite error: The named reference Man-Actor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Tartaglione, Nancy (December 13, 2023). "National Film Registry: 'Apollo 13', 'Home Alone', 'Terminator 2', '12 Years A Slave' Among 25 Titles Added This Year". Deadline. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[Man-Actor-2] Cite error: The named reference Man-Actor was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Tartaglione-3] Tartaglione, Nancy (December 13, 2023). "National Film Registry: 'Apollo 13', 'Home Alone', 'Terminator 2', '12 Years A Slave' Among 25 Titles Added This Year". Deadline. Retrieved December 13, 2023.

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