The story behind the rise and fall of New York's 42nd Street. The cinemas, the films, the people, the crime and the rebirth of the block as "New 42nd Street" - this is the document of the world's most notorious movie strip.
Direction
Calum Waddell corrals cult legends into gold-dust anecdotes.
Production
Incredible archival footage of the Deuce at its most gloriously squalid.
Director
Calum Waddell
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Many theaters featured were demolished before filming; Waddell used crew photos and private archives to reconstruct their layouts.
The 'New 42nd Street' nonprofit now controls the block, making this documentary essentially an elegy for what their own organization erased.
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