Al Pacino tries hard in his first starring role, but even his considerable talents can't breath life into this dreary, exploitative, and ultimately distasteful look at young heroin addicts in New York City. Helen (Kitty Winn), a pregnant girl from the Midwest, arrives in New York City for
an abortion. While recovering at the apartment of her former lover (Raul Julia), she takes up with Bobby (Pacino), a young, heroin-addicted dope dealer. Helen is soon sharing his habit, and the pursuit of heroin becomes an all-consuming obsession. In order to pay for his drugs and hopefully marry
Helen, Bobby agrees to help his brother Hank (Richard Bright) knock over a warehouse,...
Released:
1971
Rated:
R
Length:
110 mins