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Last Exit to Brooklyn

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie

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.

19891h 43mRDrama

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About Last Exit to Brooklyn

Directors
Uli Edel
Cast
Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Christopher Murney, Jerry Orbach
Genres
Drama
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
Germany, United Kingdom
Status
Released

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