Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
One kid's fight for the respect of the neighborhood.
1988 · 1h 40m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
Director: Paul Morrissey
Writers: Paul Morrissey, Alan Bowne
Music by: Coati Mundi
Cinematography: Steven Fierberg
Editor: Stan Salfas
Cast
Sasha Mitchell as Spike FumoErnest Borgnine as Baldo CacettiAnne DeSalvo as Sylvia CacettiSylvia Miles as CongresswomanGeraldine Smith as Helen FumoAntonia Rey as Bandana's MotherRick Aviles as BandanaMaria Pitillo as AngelKaren Shallo as BlondieChristopher Anthony Young as CarmineMario Todisco as TortorellaRodney Harvey as FrankieMore like this
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