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1941 · 94 mins · English
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Directed by
Charles Vidor
Starring
George Davis, Paul McVey, Robert Preston, Cecil Kellaway, Eric Blore, James Flavin

Victor Ballard, a carefree yet cash‑strapped sidewalk photographer, lives in a cramped New York studio with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. Their building mirrors the city’s extremes: downstairs, Gus Nelson discovers his wife has just given birth to quintuplets, while the solitary tenant beneath Gus, overwhelmed by despair, ends his life.

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