On the Bowery (1955)

ON THE BOWERY  (1955)  ¢ ¢ ¢ ¢
    D: Lionel Rogosin 
    Ray Sayler, Gorman Hendricks, Frank Matthews
A believably gritty docudrama about life on skid row, with non-actors improvising their lines while essentially playing themselves. A lot of them didn't have much longer to live, and you can see why. Others simply wandered off and were never heard from again. If you want to know what slow death by alcohol looks like, you'll find it here.