The Bowery

The account is set in New York at the end of the nineteenth century. The place is a street called the Bowery. It is one of the liveliest parts of the city. Chuck Connors runs a saloon there. Steve Brodie makes his living gambling. The two of them are forever competing. What is at stake is standing and also a woman. The woman is called Lucy. A boy called Swipes is with them. The pair cannot keep out of a wager. In the end Brodie takes on a great bet. He says he will jump from the bridge. Wallace Beery and George Raft take the leads, with Jackie Cooper and Fay Wray also in the cast, in Raoul Walsh’s American film of 1933.