Sentences with phrase «dockside milieu»

Brilliant acting — pitched in an «On the Waterfront» key and set in the same kind of grim dockside milieu — stands out in this tough yet humane film.

12:15 a.m. (9:15 p.m.): «Edge of the City» (1957, Martin Ritt) Brilliant acting by John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Jack Warden and Ruby Dee — pitched in an «On the Waterfront» key and set in the same kind of grim dockside milieu — stands out in this tough yet humane film.