Directed by Raoul Walsh
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Image Entertainment)
A poverty-stricken New York City youth grows up to become gangster. A social worker devotes her life to saving lives like his, at the expense of her own. She establishes a "settlement house" in the bowery, where rudimentary education and a sense of self-worth can be found. Naturally Owen, the boy, falls in love with the social worker, but it is not clear if she will return it. When the old gang comes calling, he saves her from the clutches of their new leader. However, she later dies and Owen must decide on which side of the tracks he will live his life. An interesting early attempt at a gangster drama is surprisingly graphic and filled with grotesque, deformed characters. Way, way ahead of its time.
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