Directed by:
Edward DmytrykScreenplay:
Ben BarzmanCinematography:
C.M. Pennington-RichardsComposer:
Benjamin FrankelPlots(1)
In 1939, Pietro di Donato wrote the incendiary Christ in Concrete, a bestseller about Italian-American immigrants working the construction trade in New York at the onset of the Great Depression. This work of hard-edged social criticism and gifted poetry was turned into an extraordinary motion picture in 1949 by filmmaker Edward Dmytryk. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Sam Wanamaker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/245/158245568_d2464e.jpg)
Sam Wanamaker
USA
Best movies:
Lea Padovani
Italy
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Rome 11:00 (1952)
Germinal (1963)
![Kathleen Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/528/159528503_4fe749.jpg)
Kathleen Ryan
Ireland
Best movies:
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Odd Man Out (1947)
Captain Lightfoot (1955)
![Bonar Colleano](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/511/160511049_82d867.jpg)
Bonar Colleano
USA
Best movies:
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
Fire Down Below (1957)
Zarak (1956)
![William Sylvester](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/935/159935014_58c1b0.jpg)
William Sylvester
USA
Best movies:
The Lawyer (1970)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
You Only Live Twice (1967)
![Sidney James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274618_cc7ffc.jpg)
Sidney James
South Africa
Best movies:
The Detective (1954)
Big Time Operators (1957)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
![Karel Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410432_f99ae4.jpg)
Karel Štěpánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The 3rd Man (1949)
The Great Manhunt (1950)
![Phil Brown](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/326/160326521_f37b4b.jpg)
Phil Brown
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Chaplin (1992)
![Rosalie Crutchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330959_4964a9.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
The Nun's Story (1959)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Robert Rietty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/486/160486485_0071b5.jpg)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Ronan O'Casey
Canada
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
Blow-Up (1966)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
George Pastell
Cyprus
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Masters of Venus (1962)
Philo Hauser
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Thunderball (1965)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
![Carole Shelley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/894/162894820_3184b5.jpg)
Carole Shelley
UK
Best movies:
Hercules (1997)
Quiz Show (1994)
The Odd Couple (1968)
Fred Johnson
Ireland
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Scream of Fear (1961)
A Christmas Carol (1951)