Exposed to this sordid scene of life on the South Side of Chicago are two poor Irish boys: Tom Powers (Frank Coghlan as boy, James Cagney as adult) with his neighborhood friend Matt Doyle (Frankie Darro as boy, Edward Woods as adult).The Harvester was deterred when blown up by a gasoline fuel truck explosion, but still unleashed two-wheeled, computerized Moto-Terminators from its feet, in pursuit of Kyle, Star, and Marcus in a tow truck.After its original premiere, the movie was trimmed by 40 minutes (edited down to 116 minutes) and then shortened again for the US version (at 105-107 minutes).Austin Sloper (Ralph Richardson), a wealthy widowed physicianLavinia Penniman (Miriam Hopkins), his flighty widowed sister still in mourning over the death of her Reverend husbandLavinia is invited to remain for the winter.