
ThefilmchroniclesthreedesperatedaysinathenimpoverishedlowerManhattanneighborhood,NewYork'sskidrow:theBowery.ItisthestoryofRay(RaySalyer),arailroadworker,whodriftsontotheBowerytohaveadrunkenspreeafteralongboutoflayingtracksandthenfallsinwithabandofdrunkswhohelphimspendhismoney.<br/> Ray,the"newguyontheBowery,"whosebicepsstillfillouthissleeves,lookspreoccupiedasheentersthe"ConfidenceBar&Grill".Surroundedbyvariousalcoholicsinadvancedstatesofdecay,hebuysthemroundsofdrinks,thenblacksoutonhisfirstnight,andwakesuptodiscoverthathissuitcasehasbeenstolen.<br/> Thethief(GormanHendricks)becomestheclosestthinghehastoafriend...andjustlikethat,Rayembarksonatriptohell,becomingpartoftheBowery.InaseriesofBeckettianportraits,theprotagonists,congregationsofwinos,listlesslisteners,blubberthroughnumerousbarscenes,gamesofdominosaroundaflophousestove,andasermonattheBoweryMission.WillRayfindhiswayoutofthisuncaringurbanjungle?
