Debra Tennenbaum

This film tells the story of a successful writer called Harry Block, played by Allen himself, who draws inspiration from people he knows in real-life, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.

新興の航空会社社長トムはある日、息子を誘拐され200万ドルの身代金を要求される。FBI協力のもと、息子を取り戻そうと奮闘するトム夫妻だが、身代金を払っても息子は生きて戻らないと悟ったトムは奇抜な行動に打って出る。それは、用意した200万ドルを身代金ではなく、犯人の首にかける懸賞金とする事と、息子を生きて返せばこの懸賞金を取り下げる事をテレビで発表したのである。トムの行動に世間は沸き立つが、これによって犯人グループの中にも不協和音が生まれることに…。

Set in the Bronx during the tumultuous 1960s, an adolescent boy is torn between his honest, working-class father and a violent yet charismatic crime boss. Complicating matters is the youngster's growing attraction - forbidden in his neighborhood - for a beautiful black girl.