Uncle Joe Shannon - DVD

The year is 1936. America has fast become one of the world's most powerful nations on the platform of freedom and equality for all people. On the other side of the Atlantic, Hitler's Third Reich is steadily taking hold, systematically setting the stage for Aryan supremacy. Meanwhile, Joe Louis (Leonard Roberts, American Sniper) --an up-and-coming prizefighter from Harlem, New York -- fights for his slice of the American dream: to become

An innocent man is accused of murdering a cabaret singer. His loyal classmates, although suspicious of his guilt, provide him with false alibis. When the man investigates, to really clear his name he encounters a real threat to his life from those classmates.

One of the milestone films of it's era, this satirical drama stars Peter Boyle as Joe Curran, a bigoted, beer-swilling hardhat who befriends strait-laced advertising exec Bill Compton (Dennis Patrick) after Bill confesses he killed his daughter Melissa's (Susan Sarandon, in her screen debut) drug dealer boyfriend. When Melissa runs away in order to continue living the hippie lifestyle, Joe and Bill search for her, their journey including a stop at a Greenwich Village Inchorg-gy.Inch With Audrey Claire, K Callan. 107 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.