A coming of age story set in 1975 working-class Brooklyn, in which two teenage brothers living with their abusive father and their well-meaning but ineffective mother are caught up in a life of petty crime. Older brother Danny concocts a daring scheme to steal enough money for the two to escape, timed around the chaos of an upcoming Rolling Stones concert. The sensitive younger brother, Brian, ultimately has a choice: remain loyal to the brother with whom he shares a powerful love-hate bond, or use his hidden talent as an artist as his own ticket out of their dead-end existence.
John Gray, Melissa Jo Peltier
Director
Nick Thurston
Brian Leary
Geoffrey Wigdor
Danny Leary
Karen Allen
Margaret
Stephen Lang
Patrick
Peter Riegert
Whitey
Leslie Murphy
Shauna Friel
Zachary Booth
Todd McKay
Robbie Sublett
Ray Stone (as Robbie Collier Sublett)
Anthony Amorim
Young Danny
Daniel Carpenter
Guy in Bar
Regan Mizrahi
Little Brian
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