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British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film and British Film 1958 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Foreign Actor 1958 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Film and British Film 1958 · Nominated
British Academy of Film & Television Arts Foreign Actor 1958 · Nominated
Axel Nordmann (John Cassavetes) takes a job as a dock laborer and is continually harassed by his tyrannical supervisor, Charles Malik (Jack Warden). Malik knows a secret from Axel's past, forcing the young worker to endure his boss's torment. Eventually, Axel befriends Tommy Tyler (Sidney Poitier), an African-American co-worker with a managerial...