"Last Exit to Brooklyn" treats its many unseemly social and sexual issues in an unflinching and unashamedly forthright manner, but even more than this it is the generous assortment of heartless characters inhabiting this sordid and squalid depiction of Brooklyn which almost makes the whole film unwatchable while simultaneously creating the biggest impression of all. They embody the worst and the most close-minded and negative people to be found on the face of the planet. However, such unsettling repugnance is also strangely compelling and fascinating and it has been brilliantly brought to the …
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Overview
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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Release date
26/07/1989
Votes
117
Popularity
2.3
Stephen Lang
Harry Black
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Tralala
Burt Young
Big Joe
Peter Dobson
Vinnie
Christopher Murney
Paulie
Jerry Orbach
Boyce
Alexis Arquette
Georgette
Stephen Baldwin
Sal
John Costelloe
Tommy
Cameron Johann
Spook
Ricki Lake
Donna
Frank Military
Steve
Camille Saviola
Ella
Bernard Zette
Regina
Jason Andrews
Tony
James Lorinz
Freddy
Sam Rockwell
Al
Maia Danziger
Mary Black
Frankie Acciarito
Eddie
Lisa Passero
Teresa
Mike Cicchetti
Brickowski
Nicholas J. Giangiulio
Stump
Robi Martin
Goldie
Sarah Rose
Rosie
Julian Alexon
Camille
Robert Weil
Alex
Mark Boone Junior
Willie
Sylvie Spector
Submarine Annie
Colleen Flynn
Ruthie
David Warshofsky
Mike
Daniel O'Shea
Bill
Daniel Beer
Tral's Trick
Rutanya Alda
Georgette's Mother
Al Shannon
Arthur
Bruce Smolanoff
Lost Soldier
James McDonald
Lost Soldier
Andrew Van Dusen
Lost Soldier
James Harper
Cop
Ray Gill
Dowland
Mike Starr
Security Guard
Christopher Curry
Riot Police Officer
Michael O'Hare
Riot Police Officer
Bob Martana
Truck Driver
Joseph Carberry
Uptown Bartender
John M. Bennett
Uptown Doggie
Bill Mondy
Uptown Doggie
Frank Vincent
Priest
Brent Katz
Bobby
Marc Ryan
Jack
Rob Kramer
Fred
Hubert Selby Jr.
Car Driver
Jerry Rector
Strike Worker
Original Soundtrack
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Set amidst some fairly violent industrial turmoil, this potpourri of stories focuses on some of the diversity that existed, though it didn’t necessarily thrive, in 1950s NYC. The local factory is the centre of the troubles as the dockers take strike action, galvanised by their leaders “Harry” (Stephen Lang) and the manipulative “Boyce” (Jerry Orbach). Meantime, the striking in an altogether different manner “Tralala” (Jennifer Jason Leigh) rather menacingly plies her feminine wares on the unsuspecting but horned up military until she begins to fall a little for one of her more decent uniformed…
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