29th Street (1992)
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80% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(2,337 ratings)
A hybrid cross-pollination of a Martin Scorsese and Frank Capra film, this feel-good comic fantasy is loosely based on the real-life story of a New York lottery winner. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Frank Pesce Jr., a New Yorker with a good-luck streak that is unmatched in his Little Italy neighborhood.… More A hybrid cross-pollination of a Martin Scorsese and Frank Capra film, this feel-good comic fantasy is loosely based on the real-life story of a New York lottery winner. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Frank Pesce Jr., a New Yorker with a good-luck streak that is unmatched in his Little Italy neighborhood. When Frank throws a pair of dice in a game of chance, he doesn't just toss a winning hand, the dice land on top of each other. When he's stabbed in the chest by a girlfriend's brother, his doctors find a pre-cancerous tumor. Although he tries again and again to get rid of a vehicle he no longer wants, it is retrieved every single time by the authorities. So when New York announces its first statewide lottery in 1976, Frank buys one ticket and immediately becomes everybody's best friend. Unfortunately, Frank's good luck is matched by the equally bad luck of his hard-working father, Frank Sr. (Danny Aiello), who has run up a gambling debt to a local mobster. The wise guy is willing to forgive the note if Frank Jr. will just hand over his sure-to-be lucky ticket, leaving the city's luckiest Italian-American in a bit of a moral quandary. The real Frank Pesce Jr. executive produces and co-stars in 29th Street as his own police officer brother, Vito. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Gallo
- Genres
- Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 1, 1991 Wide
- Studio
- Anchor Bay Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...peppered with sequences that are either overlong or entirely superfluous.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Hardly a winner!
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Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
Offers some interesting new twists on the well-worn theme of father-son conflicts.
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
Shoots for Capraesque and falls well short ... but still worth watching on cable one boring night.
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Cast
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Danny Aiello
as Frank Pesce Sr.
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Anthony LaPaglia
as Frank Pesce Jr.
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Lainie Kazan
as Mrs. Pesce
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Frank Pesce
as Vito Pesce
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Donna Magnani
as Madeline Pesce
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Rick Aiello
as Jimmy Vitello
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Vic Manni
as Louie Tucci
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Ron Karabatsos
as Philly the Nap
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Robert Forster
as Sergeant Tartaglia
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Richard K. Olsen
as Father Lowery
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Frank Acciarto
as Jimmy-Age 8
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Hope Alexander-Willis
as Lucy Sills
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Jerome Alfano
as Italian Wedding Band Member
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George "Aggie" Anest
as Joe Numbers
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Nicky "Pop" Anest
as Tommy the Geep
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Darren Bates
as Sal Las Benas
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Don Blakely
as Sergeant Jones
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Alexander Fehr Blue
as Baby on Train
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Vito "Baldie" Boccanfuso
as Johnny Cake
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Lee Boyd
as Italian Wedding Band Member
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Richard Cerenzio
as Dom the Bomb
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Vincent Chase
as Army Eye Doctor
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Philip Ciccone
as Rocky Sav
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Ted Cleanthes
as Pit Boss
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Lou Criscuolo
as Ticket Buyer
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Vincent Curto
as Zippers Bad Lungs
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Karen Duffy
as Maria Rios
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Tom Ellis
as Newscaster
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David Ferraro
as Cousin Leo
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Joe Franklin
as Himself
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Giovanni Gianoni
as Italian Wedding Band Singer
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Joe Gironda
as Carmine Tucci
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Jerry Guarino
as Chickens
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Charles Haugk
as Tucci's Driver
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Eugene Kobisky
as Italian Wedding Band Member
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Adam LaVorgna
as Frankie-Age 8
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Paul Lazar
as Needle Nose Nipton
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Tony Lip
as Nicky Bad Lungs
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Julie Lott
as Julie the Usherette
- Gloria Mann
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Cecil McKiethen
as Italian Wedding Band Member
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Tony Monte
as Jesus Rios
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Vic Noto
as Auggie Falcone
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Jessen Noviello
as Needle Nose-Age 8
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Jim Ondatje
as 2nd Patrolman
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Bill Ricci
as Mickey the Dwarf
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Joe Roberto
as Patrolman Tollen
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Sal Ruffino
as Angelo
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Rocco Savastano
as Social Club Bartender
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Sam Shamshack
as Irv the Pawnbroker
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Tony Sirico
as Chink Fortunado
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Anne Sterling
as Maternity Nurse
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Shirley Swanger
as Nun
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Richard Tacchino
as Social Club Waiter
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Leonard Termo
as Dr. Puccini
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Mario Todisco
as Zipper's Bodyguard
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Ingrid van Dorn
as Nurse
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William Phillips
as Lottery Finalist
- Louis Di Giaimo
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Pete Antico
as Tony
