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.


Big Joe

Peter Dobson
Vinnie

Christopher Murney
Paulie

Jerry Orbach
Boyce

Alexis Arquette
Georgette

Stephen Baldwin
Sal