The Man with the Golden Arm
When illegal card dealer and recovering heroin addict Frankie Machine gets out of prison, he decides to straighten up. Armed with nothing but an old drum set, Frankie tries to…
Loan Shark
A vicious loan shark ring has been preying on factory workers. When several workers at a tire factory suffer violence at the hands of the loan sharkers, a union leader…
Four Around the Woman
Harry Yquem buys his beloved wife some jewelry in a place where underworld middlemen trade in fake and stolen goods. By chance, he spots a man with whom his wife…
No Regrets for Our Youth
After her anti-fascist professor father is dismissed, Yukie navigates love, political repression, and wartime upheaval—ultimately forging her own path in pre- and post-WWII Japan.
Outrage
A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work.
St. Louis Blues
Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he can’t…
The Little Match Girl
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year’s Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to…
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