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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