Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
September 1, 1957Release Date
Slaughter on 10th Avenue (1957)
September 1, 1957Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Egan
William Keating
Jan Sterling
Madge Pitts
Dan Duryea
John Jacob Masters
Julie Adams
Dee
Walter Matthau
Al Dahlke
Charles McGraw
Lt. Anthony Vosnick
Sam Levene
Howard Rysdale
Mickey Shaughnessy
Solly Pitts
Harry Bellaver
Benjy Karp
Nick Dennis
Midget
Joe Downing
Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook
Ned Wever
Captain Sid Wallace
Billy M. Greene
'Monk' Mohler
John McNamara
Judge
Amzie Strickland
Mrs. Cavanagh
Richard Carter
Writer
Mickey Hargitay
Big John
Len Lesser
Sam (Uncredited)
Arnold Laven
Director
William J. Keating
Book
Richard Carter
Book
Leslie I. Carey
Sound
Frank H. Wilkinson
Sound
Bud Westmore
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 1, 1957
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea, Julie Adams.The film is a story of crime on New York's waterfront. It is based on the non-fiction book The Man Who Rocked the Boat, an autobiography by William Keating, played by Egan in the film. The book chronicles Keating's experiences as an assistant district attorney and as counsel to the New York City Anti-Crime Committee. In the portion of the book depicted in the film, Keating pursued a murder prosecution for a waterfront hit despite widespread corruption that stretched all the way into the district attorney's office.
The title comes from the Richard Rodgers ballet of the same name, which was featured in the 1936 play On Your Toes. The plot line of the movie has no relation to the play, but the composition by Rodgers is indeed heard in the film, in an adaptation by Herschel Burke Gilbert (under the direction of music supervisor Joseph Gershenson) that was praised as "magnificent".