![]() In love with Peggy and afraid for her, Pete gives up all his wages, his wristwatch and his new instruments to pay off Nelly. She runs out on their deal again the night Pete returns, and Nelly threatens to disfigure her. ![]() When she stalls at fulfilling her end of their deal, Nelly strips Peggy of her dress and shoes to make his point that he owns her. Pete writes Peggy daily throughout the next month while on the cruise. Maintaining a cynical front, Peggy convinces a suspicious Pete that she got the money with "no strings attached". Peggy goes to the abusive taxi dance hall owner she works for, Nelly Miller ( Don Rickles), to whom she is already in debt, for another loan to give to Pete and agrees to prostitute herself with his patrons to pay back her debts. Pete lands a job as an " alto man" on a cruise ship but has no instruments. When the other musicians send him out for beer, Pete returns to find that they have stolen his instruments and that he is the victim of a scam, thus proving Peggy right. Peggy warns him that people cannot be trusted, but Pete is encouraged when a band auditions him for a job. She is forced to rely on his generosity, and as the two of them work at various low-paying jobs, they stay together in the apartment as friends. She has just been evicted from an apartment rented to Pete, and because she is penniless and has no home to return to, he offers to let her stay with him. He crosses paths with Peggy Brown, a model and taxi dancer who has become jaded and cynical after years of struggling to survive in the city. However, jobs are extremely hard to find. takes a bus from his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to New York City and optimistically begins looking for work. Wishing to pursue a career as a jazz saxophonist, Pete Hammond Jr. Sam Butera and Gerry Mulligan have minor roles as saxophonists. Filming took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Directed by Robert Mulligan, it stars Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds as struggling young entertainment professionals in New York City. The Rat Race is a 1960 American drama film adapted from the play of the same name by Garson Kanin.
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