Jim was the kind of Manhattan clerk you see in the subway—talking loud and big, ogling flappers, staring down anyone who dared to meet his eye. This story tells how he spent a day, a night.

Based on Colin Harrison's acclaimed novel Manhattan Nocturne (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year), MANHATTAN NIGHT tells the story of Porter Wren (Adrien Brody), a New York City tabloid ...