A young man learns a harsh lesson in class structure in affluent New York. A tough kid from the streets attends a tony prep school by dint of his athletic prowess and outsized intellect and resourcefulness. Accepted into the upper strata until his usefulness is exhausted, he is abandoned to choose between solitary and honest pursuits or the life of crime to which he once seemed destined.
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