A view from the Bridge

'That's a nice kid? He gives me the heeby-jeebies.'

Eddie Carbone is an Italian longshoreman working on the New York docks. When his wife's cousins, Mario and Rodolpho, seek refuge as illegal immigrants from Sicily, Eddie agrees to shelter them. The trouble begins when his wife's niece is attracted to Rofolpho. Eddie's jelousy culminates in an unforgivable crime against his family and the Sicilian community.

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