New Orleans Uncensored

New Orleans Uncensored
New Orleans Uncensored
	Black and white
Production; company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	April 30, 1955;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

New Orleans Uncensored is a 1955 American film noir crime film directed by William Castle and starring Arthur Franz and Beverly Garland.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The

New Orleans, Louisiana are controlled by Zero Saxon, a notorious racketeer

. When former naval officer Dan Corbett arrives in town, wanting to open a shipping business of his own, he accepts a job working for Saxon to make some money, unaware of how corrupt Saxon's operation is.

Longshoremen's union representative Jack Petty and his girlfriend Alma Mae are impressed by Dan when he flattens a drunk who has been annoying her. They help arrange a job for Dan through Saxon's dock manager, Joe Reilly, whose wife Marie then invites Dan to dinner and introduces him to her brother, Scrappy Durant, a former prizefighter.

Joe is killed by Saxon's thugs to keep him from informing on the illegal activities at the docks. Marie admits she has been expecting this to happen. Dan goes undercover, trying to help the New Orleans police investigate. Due to a misunderstanding, Scrappy attacks him in a boxing ring and Dan accidentally kills him with a punch. Dan is then beaten by Saxon's men, but with Alma and Marie's help, he is able to assist the police in placing Saxon under arrest.

Cast

Arthur Franz as Dan Corbett
Beverly Garland as Marie Reilly
Helene Stanton as Alma Mae
Michael Ansara as Zero Saxon
Stacy Harris as Scrappy Durant
Mike Mazurki as Big Mike
William Henry
as Joe Reilly
Michael Granger
as Jack Petty
Frankie Ray as Deuce
Ed Nelson as Charlie (as Edward Stafford Nelson)
Al Chittenden as President, General Longshore Workers, Local 1418, ILA
Joseph L. Scheuering as Superintendent of Police, City of New Orleans
Victor Schiro
as Senior Councilman, City of New Orleans
Howard L. Dey as Fire Chief, City of New Orleans
Pete Herman as himself
Ralph Dupas as himself
Judge Walter B. Hamlin as Wayne Brandon

Reception

The New York Times called it an "undistinguished" film with a "standard, banal story".^[3]

References

^ New Orleans Uncensored at the American Film Institute Catalog
^ Castle, William (1976). Step right up! : ... I'm gonna scare the pants off America. Putnam. p. 126.
^ "Crime on the Docks". The New York Times. April 30, 1955. Retrieved December 4, 2020.