L'Homme qui tua la peur (1957)
Axel, déserteur et homme traqué, est embauché comme docker à New York, en contrepartie, il reverse une part de son salaire au contremaître Malik. Tommy, un ouvrier noir se lie avec Axel, le prend sous sa protection et lui ouvre son foyer. Au cours d'une altercation entre Malik et Axel, Tommy intervient pour défendre son ami et est tué par Malik. Son meurtre est passé sous silence. Pour venger Tommy et par amour pour Ellen, une jeune institutrice, Axel vaincra sa lâcheté et tuera Malik…
Directeur:
Martin Ritt
écrivain:
Robert Alan Aurthur
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John Cassavetes as Axel Nordmann |
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Sidney Poitier as Tommy Tyler |
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Jack Warden as Charles Malik |
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Kathleen Maguire as Ellen Wilson |
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Ruby Dee as Lucy Tyler |
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Val Avery as Brother |
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Robert F. Simon as George Nordmann |
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Ruth White as Katherine Nordmann |
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William A. Lee as Davis |
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John Kellogg as Detective |
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David Clarke as Wallace |
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Estelle Hemsley as Mrs. Price |
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Roy Glenn as Stevedore (uncredited) |
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Ralph Bell as Night Boss (uncredited) |
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Mike Dana as Detective (uncredited) |
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Charles Jordan as Old Stevedore (uncredited) |
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Mike O'Dowd as Malick's Henchman (uncredited) |
| Art | Richard Sylbert | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Hill Johnstone | Costume Design |
| Directing | Don Kranze | Assistant Director |
| Sound | James A. Gleason | Sound |
| Directing | Martin Ritt | Director |
| Writing | Robert Alan Aurthur | Story |
| Writing | Robert Alan Aurthur | Screenplay |
| Production | David Susskind | Producer |
| Sound | Leonard Rosenman | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Joseph C. Brun | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Sidney Meyers | Editor |
| Production | Jim Di Gangi | Associate Producer |
| Crew | Lucky Kargo | Stunts |
| Sound | Leonard Rosenman | Conductor |
| Crew | David Buttolph | Additional Music |
| Sound | Maurice De Packh | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Skip Martin | Additional Music |
| Art | Saul Bass | Title Designer |
