In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.

William H. Macy
as Lawrence 'Larry' Newman

Laura Dern
as Gertrude 'Gert' Hart

David Paymer
as Mr. Finkelstein

Meat Loaf
as Fred

Kay Hawtrey
as Mrs. Newman

Michael Copeman
as Carlson

Kenneth Welsh
as Father Crighton

Peter Oldring
as Willy Doyle

Joseph Ziegler
as Mr. Gargan

Arlene Meadows
as Mrs. Dewitt