
103 minutes
7/26/1989
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
as Harry Black

Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Tralala

Burt Young
as Big Joe

Peter Dobson
as Vinnie

Christopher Murney
as Paulie

Jerry Orbach
as Boyce

Alexis Arquette
as Georgette

Stephen Baldwin
as Sal

John Costelloe
as Tommy
Cameron Johann
as Spook

Ricki Lake
as Donna

Frank Military
as Steve

Camille Saviola
as Ella
Bernard Zette
as Regina
Jason Andrews
as Tony

James Lorinz
as Freddy

Sam Rockwell
as Al

Maia Danziger
as Mary Black
Frankie Acciarito
as Eddie
Lisa Passero
as Teresa
Mike Cicchetti
as Brickowski

Nicholas J. Giangiulio
as Stump
Robi Martin
as Goldie
Sarah Rose
as Rosie
Julian Alexon
as Camille

Robert Weil
as Alex

Mark Boone Junior
as Willie
Sylvie Spector
as Submarine Annie

Colleen Flynn
as Ruthie

David Warshofsky
as Mike

Daniel O'Shea
as Bill

Daniel Beer
as Tral's Trick

Rutanya Alda
as Georgette's Mother
Al Shannon
as Arthur

Bruce Smolanoff
as Lost Soldier
James McDonald
as Lost Soldier
Andrew Van Dusen
as Lost Soldier

James Harper
as Cop
Ray Gill
as Dowland

Mike Starr
as Security Guard

Christopher Curry
as Riot Police Officer

Michael O'Hare
as Riot Police Officer
Bob Martana
as Truck Driver

Joseph Carberry
as Uptown Bartender
John M. Bennett
as Uptown Doggie

Bill Mondy
as Uptown Doggie

Frank Vincent
as Priest
Brent Katz
as Bobby
Marc Ryan
as Jack
Rob Kramer
as Fred

Hubert Selby Jr.
as Car Driver

Jerry Rector
as Strike Worker