Judge Edwin Torres author of the Carlito’s Way and Q&A, comes Pleasant Avenue - Mario left Pleasant Avenue in Harlem and went off to fight in the Korean War only to return to find his neighborhood and family had changed. With the mob using this part of Harlem to sell and launch Heroin throughout the country, young dealers like Carlito Brigante were littering the streets with dope. With a young pregnant wife, Mario becomes a police officer and by using his natural born instincts and good police work, he finds himself at odds with both corrupted Police brass and local mobsters. Marios younger brother Nino, shows great promise as a boxer but throws it all away and succumbs to this ever-spreading heroin epidemic. Mario refuses to change and is forced to navigate between whats important - his home or his Pleasant Avenue.