A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: 1950s , based-on-novel-or-book , brooklyn-new-york-city , fight , new-york-city , prostitute , sexuality , union