East of the River (1940)
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Directors
Alfred Edward Green
Cast
Brenda Marshall, Douglas Fowley, George Tobias, Jack La Rue, John Garfield, Marjorie Rambeau, Moroni Olsen, Paul Guilfoyle, Russell Hicks, William Lundigan
The story
Mama Teresa runs a small New York cafe. She keeps son Joe Lorenzo out of reform school and adopts his hopeless, homeless pal Nick, hoping they'll stay out of trouble. Joe's life of crime pays for Nick's education.
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