
The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie
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.
Paulie

Jerry Orbach
Boyce

Alexis Arquette
Georgette

Stephen Baldwin
Sal

John Costelloe
Tommy
Cameron Johann
Spook

Ricki Lake
Donna

Frank Military
Steve