Let No Man Write My Epitaph

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📊 Film Specifications

Director Philip Leacock
Writer Robert Presnell Jr. (Screenplay), Willard Motley (Novel)
Release Date November 10, 1960
Runtime 105 min (1h 45m)
Country United States of America
Language EN
Budget N/A
Box Office N/A
Studios Columbia Pictures

Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960)

Directed by Philip Leacock
• Written by Robert Presnell Jr. , Willard Motley

"Ripped Raw and Roaring from Real Life!"

⭐ 3.0 / 5 (10 votes) ⏱️ 105 min 🎬 Drama, Crime

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Synopsis

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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Director Philip Leacock
Philip Leacock
Director
 Screenplay Robert Presnell Jr.
Robert Presnell Jr.
Screenplay
 Novel Willard Motley
Willard Motley
Novel
 Burl Ives
Burl Ives
Judge Bruce Mallory Sullivan
 Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
Nellie Romano
 James Darren
James Darren
Nick Romano
 Jean Seberg
Jean Seberg
Barbara Holloway
 Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Montalban
Louie Ramponi
 Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald
Flora
 Rodolfo Acosta
Rodolfo Acosta
Max
 Philip Ober
Philip Ober
Grant Holloway
 Jeanne Cooper
Jeanne Cooper
Fran
 Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton
Goodbye George
 Walter Burke
Walter Burke
Wart
 Francis De Sales
Francis De Sales
Night Court Magistrate