Four college friends become small-time bookies, only to find their world spinning dangerously out of control when their greed attracts the attention of organized crime.
Le vite di diversi personaggi si intrecciano al Florentine Café, uno dei locali che, sebbene in declino, rappresenta un vero e proprio punto di incontro. È un luogo nel quale si intrecciano le storie amare e tristi di persone smarrite, deluse e ormai disincantate, consapevoli di aver giocato, nel bene e nel male, le proprie carte col destino.
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' ... the cradle of men who were later to be famous.
A gambler, fresh out of prison, and a beautiful hooker find themselves caught in an underground scheme that's spinning wildly out of control.
A young gambler makes a large, risky bet on a horse race. When the odds turn in his favour, more than one party has sudden interest in the winning betting slip, and they'll do anything to get their hands on it.
