Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Sep 1, 1957

1h 43m

★ 5.4

Teeming Drama of the City's Waterfront

Overview

A rookie assistant DA is assigned to investigate the murder of a longshoreman, killed for exposing gangster involvement on the piers, and meets up with a "code of silence" amongst all potential witnesses.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

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Cast

William Keating

Richard Egan

Madge Pitts

Jan Sterling

John Jacob Masters

Dan Duryea

Dee

Julie Adams

Al Dahlke

Walter Matthau

Lt. Anthony Vosnick

Charles McGraw

Howard Rysdale

Sam Levene

Solly Pitts

Mickey Shaughnessy

Benjy Karp

Harry Bellaver

Midget

Nick Dennis

Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook

Joe Downing

Captain Sid Wallace

Ned Wever

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6.5

Secret Beyond the Door

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8.3

Sunset Boulevard

Aug 10, 1950

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

6.3

Witness to Murder

Apr 15, 1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.

6.8

99 River Street

Aug 21, 1953

A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.

5.9

Nocturne

Oct 29, 1946

In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.

6.1

Blackout

Mar 19, 1954

When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name.

5.6

Stolen Face

May 1, 1952

A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.

6.1

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Dec 26, 1950

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

5.6

Chinatown at Midnight

Nov 17, 1949

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

6.0

Among the Living

Dec 12, 1941

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

6.1

The Woman on the Beach

Jun 7, 1947

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

6.3

711 Ocean Drive

Jul 1, 1950

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

6.0

Scene of the Crime

Jul 28, 1949

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.

6.2

The Thief

Oct 15, 1952

A chance accident causes a nuclear physicist, who's selling top secret material to the Russians, to fall under FBI scrutiny and go on the run.

4.1

The Mysterious Mr. Valentine

Sep 3, 1946

Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

6.0

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Dec 31, 1954

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

6.7

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Apr 30, 1947

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.

6.9

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Oct 28, 1949

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