Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989) - Movie Trailer

It’s the 1950s. Under President Eisenhower’s administration, everyone has a house in the suburbs, a decent job, a gas-guzzling car, and a basic “Leave It to Beaver“ lifestyle. Not so, said Hubert Selby, in his novel, LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN. For a good deal of the working class, times were still tough. Preyed upon by crime, toyed with by factory owners and unions, and, ultimately, shackled by their own ignorance, the working class had their promise of a white picket fence and primrose garden vacated.