Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

The Novel That Shocked The World Is Now A Movie

★ 6.5 1h 43m Drama

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.

Director

Uli Edel

Cast

Stephen Lang, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Burt Young, Peter Dobson, Christopher Murney, Jerry Orbach, Alexis Arquette, Stephen Baldwin

Country

Germany / United Kingdom

Released

July 26, 1989