Paradise Alley (1978)
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39% of users liked it
(3,053 ratings)
Film auteur Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed, and stars in this re-working of Rocky to fit an old-fashioned Hollywood formula, depicting three brothers from New York's Hell's Kitchen of the 1940s who want to claw their way out of poverty. Lee Canalito is the muscle-brained iceman Victor,… More Film auteur Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed, and stars in this re-working of Rocky to fit an old-fashioned Hollywood formula, depicting three brothers from New York's Hell's Kitchen of the 1940s who want to claw their way out of poverty. Lee Canalito is the muscle-brained iceman Victor, and Armand Assante is the embittered, crippled war veteran Lenny. But the smooth-talking con man brother Cosmo (Sylvester Stallone), sees beef-cake Victor's fists as their ticket out of the slums. Cosmo, ever the manipulator, convinces the dull-witted Victor to participate in a series of bone-crunching wrestling matches as Kid Salami. Cosmo and Lenny exploit Victor's brute strength to grab the fast money on the wrestling circuit. But their climb to success is halted when the local gangster Stitch (Kevin Conway) puts up his malicious and dangerous wrestler Frankie the Thumper (Terry Funk) to fight against Kid Salami in a 22-round meat-pounder. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Directed By
- Sylvester Stallone
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG,
- In Theaters
- Nov 10, 1978 Wide
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, DVDTalk.com
Equal parts unintentionally hilarious, unbearably earnest, and shamelessly derivative.
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Cast
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Sylvester Stallone
as Cosmo Carboni
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Kevin Conway
as Stich
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Anne Archer
as Annie
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Armand Assante
as Lenny
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Joe Spinell
as Burp
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Lee Canalito
as Victor
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Tom Waits
as Mumbles
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Aimee Eccles
as Susan Chow
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Terry Funk
as Franky the Thumper
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Joyce Ingalls
as Bunchie
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Frank McRae
as Big Glory
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Chick Casey
as Doorman
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James J. Casino
as Paradise Alley Bartender
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Fredi O. Gordon
as Hooker in Bar
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Lydia Goya
as Paradise Alley Hooker
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Paul Mace
as Rat
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Frank Pesce
as Skinny the Hand
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Stuart K. Robinson
as Towel Boy
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Ray Sharkey
as Legs
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Patricia Spann
as Bar Room Hooker
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John Zenda
as Wrestler
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Ted di Biase
as Wrestler
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Frank Stallone
as Singer
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John Monks Jr.
as Mickey the Bartender
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Pamela Miller
as Vonny
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Dick Murdoch
as Wrestler
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Jay York
as Wrestler
- Howard Dayton
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Jeff Wald
as Sticky
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Ray Stevens
as Wrestler
- Gene Kiniski
