"An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager."
John Cassavetes
as Axel Nordmann
Sidney Poitier
as Tommy Tyler
Jack Warden
as Charles Malik
Kathleen Maguire
as Ellen Wilson
Ruby Dee
as Lucy Tyler
Val Avery
as Brother
Robert F. Simon
as George Nordmann
Ruth White
as Katherine Nordmann
William A. Lee
as Davis
John Kellogg
as Detective
David Clarke
as Wallace
Estelle Hemsley
as Mrs. Price
Roy Glenn
as Stevedore (uncredited)
Ralph Bell
as Night Boss (uncredited)
Mike Dana
as Detective (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
as Old Stevedore (uncredited)
Mike O'Dowd
as Malick's Henchman (uncredited)
Richard Sylbert
Art Direction
Anna Hill Johnstone
Costume Design
Don Kranze
Assistant Director
James A. Gleason
Sound
Martin Ritt
Director
Robert Alan Aurthur
Story
Screenplay
David Susskind
Producer
Leonard Rosenman
Original Music Composer
Joseph C. Brun
Director of Photography
Sidney Meyers
Editor
Jim Di Gangi
Associate Producer
Lucky Kargo
Stunts
Conductor
David Buttolph
Additional Music
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Skip Martin
Saul Bass
Title Designer
