
1957 · Arnold Laven · 103 min
Teeming Drama of the City's Waterfront
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.
Richard EganWilliam Keating
Jan SterlingMadge Pitts
Dan DuryeaJohn Jacob Masters
Julie AdamsDee
Walter MatthauAl Dahlke
Charles McGrawLt. Anthony Vosnick
Sam LeveneHoward Rysdale
Mickey ShaughnessySolly Pitts
Harry BellaverBenjy Karp
Nick DennisMidget
Joe DowningEddie 'Cockeye' Cook
Ned WeverCaptain Sid Wallace
Billy M. Greene"Monk" Mohler
John McNamaraJudge
Amzie StricklandMrs. Cavanagh