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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