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...
Retrato con fondo social de la atormentada vida de un chico y su madre, cuyo padre y marido fue ejecutado en la silla eléctrica. Secuela de "Knock on Any Door" (1949).