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Edge of the City : Supposed to Be His Friend

Axel (John Cassavetes), before fleeing the city, visits Lucy (Ruby Dee), who demands to know how her husband Tommy (Sidney Poitier) died.

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beat, action, close-up, dissolve, dolly out, medium close-up, medium long shot, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, over the shoulder shot, rack focus, shallow focus, tilt, two-shot

Diversity in Media Representation

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

"Supposed to Be His Friend" in Edge of the City. Directed by Martin Ritt, Jonathan Productions, 1957, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2589

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