Salem Ludwig

The story of director Kazan's uncle, who grew up in a small village as a member of the Greek minority in Turkey in the end of the 19th century. When the oppression by the Turks increases, his father provides the young man with the family treasures and sends him to Constantinople. There he is supposed to make money and get the family to join him. But his own dream is different: America... (imdb)

Frankie Kane (John Drew Barrymore) is brought up in a Catholic orphanage and befriends Martin Cabell (Steve[n] McQueen), a Jewish law student whose sister Julie (Lita Milan) becomes Frankie's sweetheart. At sixteen, Frankie learns that he is himself Jewish and therefore has to be moved to a Jewish home. That prospect proves so awful that he runs away - and goes bad... (imdb)