Kill the Poor (2003)

When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float

Cast (20)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Clara Bellar

Annabelle Peltz

Heather Burns

Scarlet

Jon Budinoff

Segundo Dejesus

Paul Calderon

Carlos DeJesus

Lawrence Gilliard Jr.

Spike

Cliff Gorman

Yakov

David Krumholtz

Joe Peltz

Chuck Low

Bruno

Maryfrances Careccia

Rose

C

Chris Hutchison

Joel

J

Julianna DeDonno

Constance, Toddler

A

Annie Crean

Constance, Six Months

Victor Pagan

Attila

Otto Sanchez

Negrito

Jamie Tirelli

Beneficio

G

Ginger Taylor

Constance, Newborn

A

Angel Santiago

Friend of Segundo

M

Millie Tirelli

Beneficia

Fisher Stevens

Stuffed Shirt

Zak Orth

Butch

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