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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.
chicago, illinois
self sacrifice
heroin
drug addiction
junkie
sequel
drug pusher
single mother
playing piano
street fight
street kid
poor kid
1950s
southside