Slaughter on 10th Avenue

"Teeming Drama of the City's Waterfront"

Sep 1 1957 Approved 1h 43m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

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.

Plot

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

Lawrence Roman, William J. Keating, Richard Carter

Directed by

Arnold Laven

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal International Pictures

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
496
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA