Ray Ruby is the proprietor of a joint where all of the dancing girls have big dreams of working their way up to bigger and better things. But trouble begins to brew when money suddenly comes between Ray and his two associates…

American filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s first intentional comedy is a lovely, funny, and lilting tribute to New York City. Loosely based on Cassavetes’s neo-noir The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, it evokes the tawdry glamour of the city strip club, and stars Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins and Asia Argento.