Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (1957) DVD

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Slaughter On Tenth Avenue (1957)

Director:

Arnold Laven

Writers:

William J. Keating (book), Richard Carter (book)

Stars:

Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea

Though Slaughter on Tenth Avenue's background music relies heavily on the Richard Rodgers composition of the same name, the film itself bears no relation to the ten-minute ballet for which Rodgers wrote the piece. Instead, this Albert Zugsmith-produced crime meller attempts to expose waterfront union racketeering. In trying to solves a murder on the docks, deputy DA Richard Egan runs up against the stevedores' code of silence. It also dawns on Egan that his own boss (Sam Levene) shows little interest in pursuing justice in this instance. The DA is finally able to mount a case, but at the crucial courtroom moment he may have to pull out due to lack of evidence--a lack engineered by crooked boss Walter Matthau, who has several local politicians in his pocket. A last-minute dockside battle enables Egan to bring the racketeers to justice. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue was based on New York district attorney William J. Keating's memoirs The Man Who Rocked the Boat.

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A Great Slaughter

Posted by Greg on Aug 15th 2021

A great NOIR. A film that doesn't show up often on classic TV channels, which is sad as it is such a great film. Very glad to have a copy as I had not seen it in 20+ years and it still holds the impact it had then--also, Richard Rogers "Slaughter on 10th Avenue" theme runs through the film and adds to the storyline for continuity.