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"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.
17 Cast Members
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
Mickey Hargitay
Big John
Len Lesser
Sam (Uncredited)
