Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men. Director:Arnold Laven |
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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1957)A brave longshoreman lingers on after being gunned down by 3 racketeers, as a determined assistant D.A. searches hard for fearful witnesses against the men. Director:Arnold Laven |
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Richard Egan | ... |
William "Bill" Keating
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| Jan Sterling | ... |
Madge Pitts
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Dan Duryea | ... |
John Jacob Masters
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| Julie Adams | ... |
Daisy 'Dee' Pauley
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| Walter Matthau | ... |
Al Dahlke
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| Charles McGraw | ... |
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
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Sam Levene | ... |
Howard Rysdale
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Mickey Shaughnessy | ... |
Solly Pitts
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Harry Bellaver | ... |
Benjy Karp
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Nick Dennis | ... |
Midget Dock Worker
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Joe Downing | ... |
Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook
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Ned Wever | ... |
Captain Sid Wallace
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Billy M. Greene | ... |
Monk Mohler
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John McNamara | ... |
Judge Craiger
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Amzie Strickland | ... |
Mrs. Cavanagh
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Three men gun down Solly Pitts, 'rebel' against the racket-ridden Longshoremen's Union. Before dying, Pitts tells his wife 'Cockeye' Cook was one of the killers...but won't repeat it to the police, nor will anyone else help them. It seems it's a dockyard tradition to handle private battles without help. Bill Keating, new to the D.A.'s office, is just naive enough to think he can make a case against Cook; but his efforts seem to be leading only to further violence... Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Based on fact, and hewing closely to a book co-authored by the central character Keating, this movie is based on more or less the real people portrayed in On the Waterfront -- there's even a priest-- only without Brando and without the romance. Egan as Keating is a bit of a stiff. I think the real Keating was more of a rebel. Great title music, an old Rodgers & Hart tune first used in "On Your Toes" for a comic dance number. Still, not much Slaughter and not much Tenth Avenue either. (The real life incident at the beginning took place on Grove Street in Greenwich Village, but "Slaughter on Grove Street" wouldn't sound right, I guess.)