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.
Cast
Burl IvesJudge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
Shelley WintersNellie Romano
James DarrenNick Romano
Jean SebergBarbara Holloway
Ricardo MontalbanLouie Ramponi
Ella FitzgeraldFlora
Rodolfo AcostaMax
Philip OberGrant Holloway
Jeanne CooperFran
Bernie HamiltonGoodbye George
Walter BurkeWart
Francis De SalesNight Court MagistrateMichael DavisNick Romano - as a ChildJohn BartonCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)Oscar BlankBar Patron (uncredited)
