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Robert De Niro | ... | ||
Harvey Keitel | ... | ||
David Proval | ... | ||
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Amy Robinson | ... | |
Richard Romanus | ... | ||
Cesare Danova | ... | ||
Victor Argo | ... |
Mario
(as Vic Argo)
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George Memmoli | ... | |
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Lenny Scaletta | ... | |
Jeannie Bell | ... | ||
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Murray Moston | ... |
Oscar
(as Murray Mosten)
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David Carradine | ... | ||
Robert Carradine | ... |
Boy With Gun
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Lois Walden | ... |
Jewish Girl
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Harry Northup | ... |
Soldier
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The future is set for Tony and Michael - owning a neighbour- hood bar and making deals in the mean streets of New York city's Little Italy. For Charlie, the future is less clearly defined. A small-time hood, he works for his uncle, making collections and reclaiming bad debts. He's probably too nice to succeed. In love with a woman his uncle disapproves of (because of her epilepsy) and a friend of her cousin, Johnny Boy, a near psychotic whose trouble-making threatens them all - he can't reconcile opposing values. A failed attempt to escape (to Brooklyn) moves them all a step closer to a bitter, almost preordained future. Written by Dave Cook <cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca>
This is a well acted and stylish film which is let down by a poor script.
Keitel is great in the lead and De Niro steals a lot of scenes as the out of control friend but the good cast are wasted.
Nothing much happens. A little action and violence but that is it. It is a slight character study of a nice guy living in a bad place but that wasn't enough to sustain my interest.
I was expecting a lot having heard the name and read some of then comments on this site as well as seeing the quality of the cast and I was extremely disappointed.
I was bored throughout.