A young man tries to escape the South Side of 1920s Chicago.
Irving Lerner
Director
Christopher Knight
Studs Lonigan
Frank Gorshin
Kenny Killarney
Venetia Stevenson
Lucy Scanlon
Carolyn Craig
Catherine Banahan
Jack Nicholson
Weary Reilly
Robert Casper
Paulie Haggerty
Dick Foran
Patrick Lonigan
Katherine Squire
Mrs. Lonigan
Jay C. Flippen
Father Gilhooey
Josie Lloyd
New Year's Eve Party Girl (uncredited)
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