Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

11/10/1960 (US) • 1h 45m

Drama, Crime

Ripped Raw and Roaring from Real Life!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Burl Ives

Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan

Shelley Winters

Nellie Romano

James Darren

Nick Romano

Jean Seberg

Barbara Holloway

Ricardo Montalban

Louie Ramponi

Philip Ober

Grant Holloway


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

chicago, illinois

self sacrifice

heroin

drug addiction

junkie

sequel

drug pusher

single mother

playing piano

street fight

street kid

poor kid

1950s

southside

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