Pittsburgh, XIXe siècle. Issue d'une famille d'ouvriers qui travaillent dans une aciérie, Mary Rafferty devient bonne à tout faire chez les Scott, une des riches familles de la ville. Très vite, la jeune femme attire l'attention de Paul, mais leur histoire d'amour se heurte à un conflit social qui éclate chez les ouvriers.
Sidestreet was a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It starred Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working the mean streets of 1970s Toronto. The producers of "Sidestreet:" wanted to feature community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. They aimed to concentrate on issues such as blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city, instead of major crimes.
