Studs Lonigan

James T. Farrell’s trilogy about the Chicago slums, with Christopher Knight miscast as Studs. Kenny: Frank Gorshin. Lucy: Venetia Stevenson. Weary: Jack Nicholson. Catherine: Carolyn Craig. Miss Miller: Helen Westcott. Lonigan: Dick Foran. Josephine: Spivy. Mrs. Lonigan: Katherine Squire. Irving Lerner directed., Based on James T. Farrell’s classic fictional trilogy, this watered-down adaptation tells the tale of troubled Irish American youth as he struggles to grow up amidst the poverty of Chicago’s South Side.