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Last Exit to Brooklyn

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie

6.5

1h 43m

1989

“The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Uli Edel

Trailer

Drama

new york cityprostitutebased on novel or bookfightsexualityunionbrooklyn, new york city1950s

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Cast & Crew

Stephen Lang

Stephen Lang

as Harry Black

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Jennifer Jason Leigh

as Tralala

Burt Young

Burt Young

as Big Joe

Peter Dobson

Peter Dobson

as Vinnie

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

as Paulie

Jerry Orbach

Jerry Orbach

as Boyce

Alexis Arquette

Alexis Arquette

as Georgette

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen Baldwin

as Sal

John Costelloe

John Costelloe

as Tommy

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