Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
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50% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(148 ratings)
In this comedy drama, Spike Fumo (Sasha Mitchell) is a Brooklyn streetfighter with pugilistic aspirations. With Spike's mafioso father in Sing Sing, mobster and former fighter Baldo Cacetti (Ernest Borgnine) looks out for Spike by getting him some bouts and every once in a while convincing the… More In this comedy drama, Spike Fumo (Sasha Mitchell) is a Brooklyn streetfighter with pugilistic aspirations. With Spike's mafioso father in Sing Sing, mobster and former fighter Baldo Cacetti (Ernest Borgnine) looks out for Spike by getting him some bouts and every once in a while convincing the fighter to throw a match. When Spike meets and falls for Baldo's daughter Angel (Maria Patillo), Baldo suddenly sours on Spike. The father wants Angel to marry the college-bound son of a cocaine-snorting congresswoman (Sylvia Miles), and Baldo only envisions Spikes' future as being a mob enforcer. Eventually, Spike moves away from his embittered lesbian mother (Geraldine Smith) and moves in with the Puerto Rican boxer Bandana (Rick Aviles). He soon has two women pregnant in two different neighborhoods as he contemplates his future. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Paul Morrissey
- Written By
- Paul Morrissey
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Nov 11, 1988 Wide
- Studio
- Virgin Vision
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
In a witless way goofs on Italian gangsters.
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Cast
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Sasha Mitchell
as Spike Fumo
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Ernest Borgnine
as Baldo Cacetti
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Anne De Salvo
as Sylvia Cacetti
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Sylvia Miles
as Congresswoman
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Geraldine Smith
as Helen Fumo
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Antonia Rey
as Bandana's Mother
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Rick Aviles
as Bandana
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Maria Pitillo
as Angel
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Talisa Soto
as India
- Christopher Anthony Young
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Mario Todisco
as Tortorella
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Rodney Harvey
as Frankie
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Frank Adonis
as Vinaca
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Frank Gio
as Pete Fumo
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Robert Compono
as Chicago Boxer
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Tony Goodstone
as Mafia Boss
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Justin Lazard
as Justin
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Gene Amoroso
as Booth Guard
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Steve Baker
as Dealer
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Ida Bemardini
as Grandmother
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Anthony Bishop
as Video Boss
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John Capodice
as Mafia Eater
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Angel David
as Teen Dealer
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Robert DiTillio
as Convict Kissing Girlfriend
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Paul Dillon
as 1st Cop
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Ray Iannicelli
as Photographer
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Carol Jean Lewis
as 1st Junkie
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Arline Miyazaki
as Cashier
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Ralph Monaco
as Mafia Man
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Larry Ramos
as Referee
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Karen Shallo
as Blondie
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Michael Turney
as Bar Mitzvah Boy
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Sal Viviano
as Singer
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Fabio Urena
as Gang Member
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Tony La Fortezza
as Mafia Stooge
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Mary Lou Rosato
as Italian Mother
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Nancy Gianzero
as Tracy
- Anne DeSalvo
