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Edge of the City : Axel and Tommy

Axel (John Cassavetes) joins Tommy (Sidney Poitier), the head of a stevedore gang, for lunch.

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ambient sound , dissolve, dolly in, full shot, long take, medium close-up, medium shot, shot/reverse shot, two-shot

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Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White: White American

"Axel and Tommy" in Edge of the City. Directed by Martin Ritt, Jonathan Productions, 1957, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2586

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