New Orleans Uncensored (1955)

On the New Orleans shipping docks, an open hiring call for workers dissolves into a free-for-all fistfight led by representatives of racketeer Floyd ’Zero’ Saxon (Michael Ansara), who intends to stifle outside competition for the men. When ex-naval officer Dan Corbett (Arthur Franz) arrives at the docks looking for work, he is put off by the brawl, and goes instead to a shipyard, where he negotiates the purchase of a surplus LSM craft, with which he plans to use to start his own shipping business. The shipyard owner agrees to allow Dan to make payments, recommending that he might find work at the shipyard by attending the longshoremen picnic. At the picnic, Dan is befriended by Alma Mae (Helene Stanton), the girl friend of Jack Petty (Michael Granger), business agent for the longshoremen’s union. Dan meets Joe Reilly (William Henry) and his wife Marie (Beverly Garland) for dinner and is introduced to Scrappy Durant (Stacy Harris), Marie’s brother, a former boxer turned coach, who