Let No Man Write My Epitaph

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

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Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning but drug-addicted mother, Nellie. She encourages him to pursue his piano-playing talent in hopes that it will bring him a better life. Nellie's neighbors, like the alcoholic ex-lawyer who secretly loves her, help her in keeping Nick away from Louie, the resident drug dealer. But a chance meeting between Nick and Louie could change things forever.

Date of release
1960-11-10
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Drama, Crime
Director
Philip Leacock

Casting

Interesting facts

Let No Man Write My Epitaph is a 1960 American social problem crime film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Burl Ives, Shelley Winters, James Darren, Jean Seberg, Ricardo Montalbán and Ella Fitzgerald. The screenplay was by Robert Presnell Jr. based on the 1958 novel of the same title by Willard Motley. It is a sequel to the 1949 film Knock on Any Door, also based on a Motley novel.

Production

Film rights to the novel were bought by Columbia Pictures. A script was developed under the supervision of Charles Schnee who had an independent deal with Columbia since 1957. Schnee left Columbia in 1959.

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