Edge of the City (1957)

Newly arrived in New York, army deserter John Cassavetes finds work as a longshoreman where he is befriended by supervisor Sidney Poitier drawing the ire of racist bully Jack Warden. The interracial friendship between Cassavetes and Poitier is a lovely thing to behold as is the relationship between Poitier and wife Ruby Dee. It’s the only movie of Poitier’s I’ve seen where a Bahamian accent pops out on occasion.