Actually, this film sucks. It's a pretty badly conceived film. But, it's a film that gives you a glimpse at what New York City looked and felt like in the outer boroughs before gentrification set in. It's a pretty shocking view.
As someone who taught in the Bronx, there are still chunks of this borough that look the way this film from the early 80s portrayed it.
How bad is this film? At times it's stupid. Why does Paul Newman, as a cop, have to deliver a baby in an apartment? A paramedic just as readily could have done that. Then this unnecessary and unsanitary delivery leads to Paul Newman finally getting a date with the sexy nurse he's been lusting after. Pretty tacky stuff.
In any case, I was just fascinated by what a hell hole the Bronx used to be. It's still a hell hole which has been neglected by business and government, but not as much of a hell hole as it used to be. I guess it couldn't have gotten any worse.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrcVKWm7vog
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