Tenth Avenue (1928)

8.0/10 70 min Drama Crime

Overview

Joe, a weakling gangster, and Bob, an ex-gambler, compete for Lyla Mason, a working girl who also runs a 10th Avenue rooming house in New York city. Bob's desire to show Lyla he can support her leads him back to the gambling table when past-due rent threatens her with eviction. Bob and Joe are both suspected when Fink, a bootlegger, is found murdered in his room.

Cast

Phyllis Haver

Lyla Mason

Victor Varconi

Bob Peters

Joseph Schildkraut

Joe Ross

Louis Natheaux

Fink

Robert Edeson

Detective Ed Burton

Ethel Wales

Ma Mason

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