
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.
Cast

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
George Nordmann

Ruth White
Katherine Nordmann
William A. Lee
Davis

John Kellogg
Detective

David Clarke
Wallace

Estelle Hemsley
Mrs. Price

Roy Glenn
Stevedore (uncredited)
Ralph Bell
Night Boss (uncredited)
Mike Dana
Detective (uncredited)

Charles Jordan
Old Stevedore (uncredited)
Mike O'Dowd
Malick's Henchman (uncredited)
Crew

Martin Ritt
Director
Robert Alan Aurthur
Screenplay, Story

Sidney Meyers
Editor
Joseph C. Brun
Director of Photography
Don Kranze
Assistant Director

David Susskind
Producer
Jim Di Gangi
Associate Producer
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
James A. Gleason
Sound

Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer, Conductor
David Buttolph
Additional Music
Skip Martin
Additional Music
Lucky Kargo
Stunts

Saul Bass
Title Designer
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
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