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Kill the Poor is director Alan Taylor's screen adaptation of a novel by Joel Rose. The film is set in Manhattan's Alphabet City in the early 1980s, when the neighborhood was a center of illegal drug activity. The film's title comes from the Dead Kennedys song "Kill the Poor".
Original Release
03/09/2003
US Release
03/09/2003
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Clara Bellar | Annabelle Peltz / Annabelle |
| Jon Budinoff | Segundo Dejesus / Segundo |
| Heather Burns | Scarlet |
| Paul Calderon | Carlos DeJesus / Carlos |
| Maryfrances Careccia | Rose |
| Annie Crean | Constance, Six Months / Constance (Six Months) |
| Julianna DeDonno | Constance, Toddler / Constance (Toddler) |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | Spike |
| Cliff Gorman | Yakov |
| Chris Hutchison | Joel |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Clara Bellar | Annabelle Peltz / Annabelle |
| Jon Budinoff | Segundo Dejesus / Segundo |
| Heather Burns | Scarlet |
| Paul Calderon | Carlos DeJesus / Carlos |
| Maryfrances Careccia | Rose |
| Annie Crean | Constance, Six Months / Constance (Six Months) |
| Julianna DeDonno | Constance, Toddler / Constance (Toddler) |
| Lawrence Gilliard Jr. | Spike |
| Cliff Gorman | Yakov |
| Chris Hutchison | Joel |
| Anita Keal | Ruth |
| David Krumholtz | Joe Peltz / Joe |
| Chuck Low | Bruno |
| Zak Orth | Butch |
| Victor Pagan | Attila |
| Otto Sanchez | Negrito |
| Angel Santiago | Friend of Segundo |
| Fisher Stevens | Stuffed Shirt |
| Jaime Tirelli | Beneficio |
| Millie Tirelli | Beneficia |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Caroline Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| Jonathan Sehring | Executive Producer |
| John Sloss | Executive Producer |
| Alexis Alexanian | Producer |
| Ruth Charny | Producer |
| Lianne Halfon | Producer |
| John Malkovich | Producer |
| Jonathan Shoemaker | Producer |
| Russell Smith | Producer |
| Gary Winick | Producer |
Editors
