About
Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer 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.
Theatrical
Nov 10, 1960
Director
Writer
Producer
Boris Kaplan
Music
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Full credits →B
Burl Ives
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
S
Shelley Winters
Nellie Romano
J
James Darren
Nick Romano
J
Jean Seberg
Barbara Holloway
R
Ricardo Montalban
Louie Ramponi
E
Ella Fitzgerald
Flora
R
Rodolfo Acosta
Max
P
Philip Ober
Grant Holloway
J
Jeanne Cooper
Fran
B
Bernie Hamilton
Goodbye George
W
Walter Burke
Wart
F
Francis De Sales
Night Court Magistrate
M
Michael Davis
Nick Romano - as a Child
J
John Barton
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
O
Oscar Blank
Bar Patron (uncredited)
P
Phil Bloom
Man in Shelter (uncredited)
N
Nesdon Booth
Mike the Saloon Owner (uncredited)
P
Peter Brocco
Salesman at Florist Shop (uncredited)
J
Jack Bryan
Wally (uncredited)
M
Malcolm Cassell
Boy (uncredited)
