Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1960

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.

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Burl Ives Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan

Shelley Winters Nellie Romano

James Darren Nick Romano

Jean Seberg Barbara Holloway

Ricardo Montalban Louie Ramponi

Ella Fitzgerald Flora

Rodolfo Acosta Max

Philip Ober Grant Holloway

Jeanne Cooper Fran

Bernie Hamilton Goodbye George

Walter Burke Wart

Francis De Sales Night Court Magistrate

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Michael Davis Nick Romano - as a Child

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John Barton Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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