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 Ellen O'Casey, an Irish Catholic immigrant, is struggling to support her ailing
mother, her daughter and herself. Washing laundry by day, and singing in bawdy
pubs by night, Ellen is determined to save enough for the passage to New York where the rest
of her extended family have already emigrated. But Danny Donovan, a local
gangster and the landlord of the pubs where Ellen sings, intends to make her
his mistress. Already a widow in her 20s, Ellen has refused to let another man
into her life, least of all the brutish Danny, whose advances she doggedly
resists.
But
when Ellen catches the eye of the new doctor in town, an intense rivalry forms.
For not only are Dr. Robert Munroe's feelings for Ellen reciprocated, but the
ambitious doctor is also investigating the appalling living conditions of the
local community and Danny's own hand in the situation.
As
Ellen and Robert grow closer and work to end Danny's reign of terror, their own
chance at happiness is suddenly at stake...
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