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
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Burt Young
Peter Dobson
Christopher Murney
Jerry Orbach
Alexis Arquette
Stephen Baldwin
John Costelloe
Cameron Johann
Ricki Lake
Frank Military
Camille Saviola
Bernard Zette
Jason Andrews
James Lorinz
Sam Rockwell
Maia Danziger
Frankie Acciarito
Lisa Passero
Mike Cicchetti
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Robi Martin
Sarah Rose
Julian Alexon
Robert Weil
Mark Boone Junior
Sylvie Spector
Colleen Flynn
David Warshofsky
Daniel O'Shea
Daniel Beer
Rutanya Alda
Al Shannon
Bruce Smolanoff
James McDonald
Andrew Van Dusen
James Harper
Ray Gill
Mike Starr
Christopher Curry
Michael O’Hare
Bob Martana
Joseph Carberry
John M. Bennett
Bill Mondy
Frank Vincent
Brent Katz
Marc Ryan
Rob Kramer
Hubert Selby Jr.