

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie
July 26, 1989
1h 43m
EN
Uli Edel
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.

Stephen Lang
Harry Black

Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala

Burt Young
Big Joe

Peter Dobson
Vinnie


Hubert Selby Jr., Desmond Nakano
115

Christopher Murney
Paulie

Jerry Orbach
Boyce

Alexis Arquette
Georgette

Stephen Baldwin
Sal

John Costelloe
Tommy

Cameron Johann
Spook

Bavaria Film
DE

Allied Filmmakers
GB

Constantin Film
DE