The Man I Love

The Man I Love

There should be a law against knowing the things I found out about men!

194696 min6.1 / 10

A mid-century nightclub drama centered on a tough torch singer's romantic entanglement with a fallen jazz musician, set against a backdrop of family troubles and urban intrigue.

Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, a formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls hard for him.

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