Drama ·Crime · United States of America · 1960 · 1h 45m

Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Let No Man Write My Epitaph poster
Director
Philip Leacock
Cast
Burl Ives as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan Shelley Winters as Nellie Romano James Darren as Nick Romano Jean Seberg as Barbara Holloway Ricardo Montalban as Louie Ramponi Ella Fitzgerald as Flora
Crew
Burnett Guffey — Director of Photography Chester W. Schaeffer — Editor George Duning — Original Music Composer Robert Presnell Jr. — Screenplay Willard Motley — Novel Boris Kaplan — Producer
Tagline

Ripped Raw and Roaring from Real Life!

Synopsis

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.

Mood & Themes
chicago, illinoisself sacrificeheroindrug addictionjunkiesequeldrug pushersingle motherplaying pianostreet fightstreet kidpoor kid
Key Collaborators
Philip Leacock Director Burnett Guffey Director of Photography Chester W. Schaeffer Editor George Duning Original Music Composer Robert Presnell Jr. Screenplay Willard Motley Novel Boris Kaplan Producer
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