A beautiful and emotionally damaged bartender plans her death until she takes in a homeless neighbor.

A gritty Brooklyn story about union corruption, violence, taboos and social norms. The stories told are of the sailors, the prostitute, the union bosses, the hooligans and the gay community set in the early 50s.

A white school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined black high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.