Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.

• DirectorPhilip Leacock
• Release10 November 1960
• Genre
  Drama / Crime
• Duration1h 45m
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• Rate
  

  5.5
  8 reviews
• Productions

  Columbia Pictures