Overview

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.

Cast

Stephen Lang

Harry Black

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Tralala

Burt Young

Big Joe

Peter Dobson

Vinnie

Christopher Murney

Paulie

Jerry Orbach

Boyce

Alexis Arquette

Georgette

Stephen Baldwin

Sal

John Costelloe

Tommy

N/A

Cameron Johann

Spook

Ricki Lake

Donna

Frank Military

Steve