Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (film)

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Arnold Laven
Screenplay by	Lawrence Roman
Produced by	Albert Zugsmith
Starring	Richard Egan Jan Sterling Dan Duryea Julie Adams
Cinematography	Fred Jackman, Jr.
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Music by	Herschel Burke Gilbert
Color process	Black and white
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	September 1, 1957 (1957-09-01)
Running time	103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Arnold Laven and starring Richard Egan, Jan Sterling, Dan Duryea and Julie Adams.^[1]

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".^[2]