Movie
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1989-07-26
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Bavaria Film, Allied Filmmakers, Constantin Film
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
Crew
- Uli Edel - Director
- Desmond Nakano - Screenplay
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