Let No Man Write My Epitaph
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1960 · 1h 45m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Philip Leacock
Overview
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 neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.
Director and cast
- Philip Leacock Director
- Burl Ives as Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
- Shelley Winters as Nellie Romano
- James Darren as Nick Romano
- Jean Seberg as Barbara Holloway
- Ricardo Montalban as Louie Ramponi
- Ella Fitzgerald as Flora
- Rodolfo Acosta as Max
- Philip Ober as Grant Holloway
- Jeanne Cooper as Fran
- Bernie Hamilton as Goodbye George
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