by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This drama, based on a true story from the 1850s, follows the exploits of a young man who is left alone after his father is put in jail. The boy soon becomes the leader of a gang of ruffians. He is subsequently sent to a reform school and finds religion.
characteristics
- Redemption
- Reformatory
- Problems
- Prison
- One-against-odds
- Reform-school
- Religion
- Yakuza
- Troubles
- Town
- Religious
- Mob
- Mafia
- Father
- Deity
