

"Once upon a time in America, pleasure became a business."
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
Vincent Martino / Frankie Martino

Eileen 'Candy' Merrell

Bobby Dwyer

Paul Hendrickson

Chris Alston

Gene Goldman

Abigail 'Abby' Parker

Lori Madison

Rudy Pipilo

Loretta

Tommy Longo

Harvey Wasserman

Melissa

Mental Patient
