Edge of the City

• John Cassavetes: Axel Nordmann
• Sidney Poitier: Tommy Tyler
• Jack Warden: Charles Malik
• Kathleen Maguire: Ellen Wilson
• Ruby Dee: Lucy Tyler
• Val Avery: Brother
• Robert F. Simon: Mr. George Nordmann
• Ruth White: Mrs. Northman
• William A. Lee Davis
• John Kellogg: detective
• David Clarke: Wallace
• Estelle Hemsley: Lucy's mother

A man conquered anxiety is an American black and white film from 1956 with John Cassavetes and Sidney Poitier in the lead roles. In the U.S., the film came on 29 January 1957 in the cinemas in Germany then on 2 August of the same year.

Action

The searched deserter Axel Nordmann takes under a false name to a job at the port of New York, where a shady foreman who knows about the history of the deserters, his silence can pay dearly. Through his friendship with the black colleague Tommy Tyler, who takes him to the foreman in protection and thereby must leave his life, learns of the deserter Nordmann, to face his destiny and grow it beyond itself.

Criticism

The lexicon of the International film saw " no socially critical approach, but a friendship drama that still convinced most likely in his rejection of racial hatred. "

Locations

The social drama was filmed in New York's neighborhoods Harlem and West Side ( Manhattan).

Trivia

• The plot of the film has already been used on October 2, 1955, directed by Robert Mulligan in an episode of the television series The Philco Television Playhouse. Even here, Sidney Poitier played the role of Tommy Tyler.
• In the TV series American Masters ( Season 14, Episode 5 of 2000 ) parts of the film are included.
• The American film Afro Promo from 1997 contains original scenes from Edge of the City.