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Kill the Poor
Genres
Drama
Overview
When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
85 min
Release Date
2003-05-09
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
4.4
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Clara Bellar
Annabelle Peltz
Heather Burns
Scarlet
Jon Budinoff
Segundo Dejesus
Paul Calderon
Carlos DeJesus
Lawrence Gilliard Jr.
Spike
Cliff Gorman
Yakov
David Krumholtz
Joe Peltz
Chuck Low
Bruno
Maryfrances Careccia
Rose
Chris Hutchison
Joel
Julianna DeDonno
Constance, Toddler
Annie Crean
Constance, Six Months
Victor Pagan
Attila
Otto Sanchez
Negrito
Jamie Tirelli
Beneficio
Ginger Taylor
Constance, Newborn
Angel Santiago
Friend of Segundo
Millie Tirelli
Beneficia
Fisher Stevens
Stuffed Shirt
Zak Orth
Butch
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