The dancer, who has been warned just in time, evades them by suddenly dancing at full speed even after the ballet actually ends, and finally two police officers enter and arrest the gangsters.
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue was danced by Bolger and Tamara Geva in the original stage production of On Your Toes, and by Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina in the film version.
[1] The first television performance of "Slaughter" was on NBC-TV's Garroway at Large program in 1950 or 1951, with the NBC Chicago studio orchestra under the direction of Joseph Gallichio.
An arrangement of Rodger's theme is part of the soundtrack of the 1957 crime thriller Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, which borrows the title but is otherwise unrelated to the 1936 stage play.
Don Walker's arrangement was performed by the John Wilson Orchestra as part of the 2012 BBC Proms[5] The story was parodied by Morecambe and Wise as Slaughter on Western Avenue.