Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (film)

Thugs working for union boss Al Dahlke ambush and shoot Solly Pitts, an honest man who hires longshoremen on the docks. Solly is wounded and hospitalized, looked after by wife Madge, who trusts Lt. Tony Vosnick to see that justice is done. District attorney Howard Rysdale turns over the investigation to relative novice Bill Keating. As his marriage to fiancée Daisy Pauly draws near, Keating tries in vain to get longshoremen to speak with him about activities on the docks. An intermediary tries to persuade Keating to collude with Dahlke, who issues vague threats after Bill rejects him. Witnesses are intimidated and discredited by attorney John Jacob Masters in court, and Bill and Daisy receive an anonymous death threat on their wedding day. Keating goes to the docks for a direct confrontation with Dahlke's men and triggers a near-riot. As the dust settles, the men hear on the radio that Solly's attackers have been found guilty. ==Cast==

• Richard Egan as William Keating • Jan Sterling as Madge Pitts • Dan Duryea as John Jacob Masters • Julie Adams as Dee • Walter Matthau as Al Dahlke • Charles McGraw as Lt. Anthony Vosnick • Sam Levene as Howard Rysdale • Mickey Shaughnessy as Solly Pitts • Harry Bellaver as Benjy Karp • Nick Dennis as Midget • Joe Downing as Eddie 'Cockeye' Cook • Ned Wever as Captain Sid Wallace • Billy M. Greene as "Monk" Mohler • John McNamara as Judge • Amzie Strickland as Mrs. Cavanagh • Mickey Hargitay as Big John ==See also==