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A gangster returns to New York after some time in Europe and falls in love with Joan, unaware that she's the younger sister of his bitter rival, Angie the Ox. After an attempted hit on him, he seeks refuge in the home of an old lady, who tells him of her own romance many years ago with a man who
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