A Man Is Ten Feet Tall(1955)
Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse later remade as Edge of the City (1957).
Movie: A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
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Charlie Malick
Axel Nordman
Tommy Tyler
Lucy Tyler
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Axel, secretly AWOL from the army, joins a black waterfront worker in his fight against bigotry. Television film for The Philco Television Playhouse later remade as Edge of the City (1957).
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1955-10-02
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