Slaughter on 10th Avenue

Original title: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

1957
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1h 43m

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Julie Adams, Jan Sterling, and Richard Egan in Slaughter on 10th 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.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.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.

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6.6/10

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Trivia
Hedy Lamarr had a sizable supporting role that was deleted in post-production.

Goofs
When Madge is walking dog, she passes the same watch repair shop twice in the same direction.

Connections
Referenced in Love & War: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1994)

Soundtracks
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Music by Richard Rodgers
Arranged by Herschel Burke Gilbert
[Played over title card and opening credits, and leading into the End card and end credits; musical riffs from the piece are heard throughout the movie]

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6/10

On the Waterfront redux

We're back on the troubled waterfront in "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" about the corruption and the men who would rather handle it among themselves.

Richard Egan plays a young prosecutor, William Keating who works with a homicide detective, Lt. Anthony Vosnick (Charles McGraw) in an attempt to build a case against thugs hired by union boss Al Dahlke (Walter Matthau). The men shot Solly Pitts (Mickey Shaugnessy) on his apartment stairway. Pitts manages to croak out the names of his killers to his wife Madge (Jan Sterling). Pitts' friend, Harry Bellaver (Benjy Karp) saw the killers leave.

It should be easy to round up the killers, but the dockworkers aren't talking. Adding to the problem, Keating will be facing off in court with a mob lawyer (Dan Duryea).

Pretty good film, but nowhere near as powerful of On the Waterfront, and I'm sure the filmmakers didn't try for that. The last half hour or so takes place in court, and the end is similar to On the Waterfront.

Good performances.