Big City

Big City

Excitement from Dusk to Dawn!

NR 1948 · 103 min · ★ 7.8 · Drama, Music

A young orphan in New York's Lower East Side is collectively adopted by three neighborhood men--a minister, a cantor, and a cop.

Directed by Norman Taurog · Written by Miklós László

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