Port of New York

"No crime too vicious ... no justice too swift for the Merchants of Death who lurk in its shadows!"

Nov 28 1949 Approved 1h 22m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.

Plot

Agents Mickey Waters and John Flannery re-team to investigate the theft of medicinal narcotics from the S.S. Florentine. The vicious gang responsible is headed by the ruthless, but debonair Paul Vicola, who doesn't hesitate to murder anyone who stands in his way. Vicola's girlfriend is garroted when she becomes unreliable, and when go-between nightclub comic Dolly Carney poses a risk, he is thrown from his apartment window. After Waters is shot and killed trying to break into the gang's Brooklyn-based yacht club front, Flannery decides to go undercover and pose as a San Francicco drug dealer. The gang is smoked out and after a furious gun battle, Vicola is apprehended and his gang broken.

Written by

Eugene Ling, Leo Townsend, Arthur A. Ross

Directed by

Laslo Benedek

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Aubrey Schenck Productions, Samba Films

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
1,174
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA