Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1988 · 1h 40m

Spike of Bensonhurst

Director

Cast

Sasha Mitchell as Spike Fumo Ernest Borgnine as Baldo Cacetti Anne DeSalvo as Sylvia Cacetti Sylvia Miles as Congresswoman Geraldine Smith as Helen Fumo Antonia Rey as Bandana's Mother

Crew

Steven Fierberg — Director of Photography Stan Salfas — Editor Coati Mundi — Original Music Composer Paul Morrissey — Screenplay Alan Bowne — Screenplay Paul Morrissey — Story

Tagline

One kid's fight for the respect of the neighborhood.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Key Collaborators

Paul Morrissey Director Steven Fierberg Director of Photography Stan Salfas Editor Coati Mundi Original Music Composer Paul Morrissey Screenplay Alan Bowne Screenplay Paul Morrissey Story David Weisman Producer Nelson Lyon Producer Stephen McCabe Production Design

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