Side Streets

When the rent is due and the cupboard is bare, pride becomes a luxury you can't afford. In the grimy back alleys of Depression-era New York, a young married couple's love is tested by poverty and desperation. He searches for honest work; she considers a dangerous offer from a slick stranger. This 1934 drama, etched in shadows and moral compromise, asks how far two people will go to survive another week when every side street leads to a darker choice.