Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his wellmeaning but drugaddicted mother Nellie She encourages him to pursue his pianoplaying talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life Nellies neighbors like the alcoholic exlawyer 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