25 Dec 1999
Angela's Ashes
An Irish Catholic family returns to 1930s Limerick after a child's death in America. The unemployed I.R.A. veteran father struggles with poverty, prejudice, and alcoholism as the family endures harsh slum conditions.
The Italian
An immigrant leaves his sweetheart in Italy to find a better life across the sea in the grimy slums of New York.
Top Billed Cast
George Beban Pietro "Beppo" Donnetti
Clara Williams Annette Ancello Donnetti
J. Frank Burke Trudo Ancello
Leo Willis Bill Corrigan
Fanny Midgley
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