Immigrant life in the lower East Side of the New York Ghetto is seen on location around Hester and Orchard Streets.This beguiling film had elements of classic film noir, recalling Burt Lancaster's roles inThe Killers (1946)andCriss Cross (1949).At the Archibald School of Data Processing in a downtown building nearby, students were instructed in computer data processing.The Tramp advised:"Tomorrow the birds will sing!""Be brave! Face life!"However, the millionaire refused: "No, I'll end it all!" In the ensuing rescue scene, the Tramp valiantly intervened o prevent the man's determined suicide, but the loop in the rope fell around his neck and pulled him into the river instead.