Streets of New York
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
William Nigh
Jackie Cooper
Martin Spellman
Sidney Miller
Buddy Pepper
Bobby Stone
Film Details
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Synopsis
Jimmy Keenan, known as the "Abe Lincoln" of Ninth Avenue, runs a newstand by day and attends law school at night. Jimmy lives in a basement with Gimpy, the little handicapped boy he has adopted, and tries his best to keep his newsboys out of trouble. Jimmy's task is complicated by Spike Morgan, a street tough who wants to take over Jimmy's newstand. After Jimmy's boys are arrested for playing craps with Spike, Jimmy goes to court to defend his pals, and there meets and is befriended by Judge Carroll. Jimmy and his boys spend a wonderful Christmas with the Judge and his niece Anne, but Jimmy's happiness is soon shattered when his racketeer brother, Tap Keenan, kills two police officers and hides out in Jimmy's room. Jimmy orders Tap to leave, and in the ensuing fight, Gimpy is shot. Tap is finally captured and sentenced to the electric chair, and as Jimmy awaits Gimpy's return from the hospital, he tearfully continues his pursuit of the law.
Cast
Jackie Cooper
Martin Spellman
Sidney Miller
Buddy Pepper
Bobby Stone
David Durand
Robert Tucker
William Tucker
George Cleveland
Robert Emmett Keane
Robert E. O'connor
George Irving
Marjorie Reynolds
Dick Purcell
Kent Rogers
William Gould
Crew
Robert D. Andrews
Charles J. Bigelow
Louis Brown
Scott R. Dunlap
W. B. Eason
E. R. Hickson
Edward Kay
William T. Lackey
Harry Neumann
Russell Schoengarth
Karl Zint
Film Details
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Notes
According to a news item in Hollywood Reporter, William Nigh took over the direction of this picture from Jack Mintz when Mintz became ill with the flu. The change in directors caused the film to finish two days behind schedule.
