A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

Draugiška Žandarų brigada išvyksta į Niujorką dalyvauti tarptautiniame policininkų kongrese. Jie – vieninteliai Prancūzijos pasiuntiniai, Todėl pagrindinis jų rūpestis - munduro garbė. Tačiau atrodo, rūpesčių gali pridaryti ir Kriušo gražuolė dukra Nikolė, slapta ir be bilieto įsėdusi į tą patį laivą. Beje, anglų kalbos nemoka nė vienas prancūzų pareigūnas.

Hell's Kitchen, New York. Terry Noonan returns home after a ten-year absence. He soon reconnects with Jackie, a childhood friend and member of the Irish mob, and rekindles his love affair with Jackie's sister Kathleen.

Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.

A beautifully rendered, fact-based crime film about a crusading Italian policeman battling Black Hand extortionists in New York’s Little Italy is back on the big screen. In addition to Ernest Borgnine’s brilliantly sensitive portrayal as Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino, this engrossing picture is deftly photographed by Lucien Ballard, beautifully scored by David Raksin with a stellar supporting cast including Zohra Lampert and Alan Austin. Literate, suspenseful and emotionally moving, this memorable film remains the definitive depiction about the emergence of the Mafia in America.