A 12-year-old with showbiz dreams and zero chill meets a washed-up vaudevillian drunk. Chaos ensues.
Theresa is an imaginative, rebellious orphan from Brooklyn, who has dreams of show business success. She tries outrageous schemes to launch herself into the public eye, until finally meeting a mentor, Sammy Cohen, whose own career fizzled as a result of alcoholism.
Acting
Buddy Hackett's surprisingly raw, unglamorous decline.
Production
Pre-gentrification Brooklyn as its own character.
Director
Rafal Zielinski
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