Junior Donal, an ex-vaudevillian now teaching music at Knickerbocker University in New York, enlists to help of patroness Peggy Portefield to persuade Sergei Alexandrovich, the director of the Russian Ballet, to stage a friend's jazzy "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" ballet. Junior becomes involved with the company's prima ballerina, Vera Barnova, and even takes over the male lead in "Slaughter". This so enrages Vera's lover and regular dancing partner that he hires two thugs to kill Junior while he is performing on stage.
Directed byRay Enright
Written byJerry Wald (screen play), Richard Macaulay (screen play), Sig Herzig (adaptation), Lawrence Riley (adaptation), Richard Rodgers (based on the musical play by), Lorenz Hart (based on the musical play by), George Abbott (based on the musical play by)
CountryUSA
Runtime94 min
On screen
Vera Zorina
Eddie Albert
Alan Hale
Frank McHugh