SPIKE OF BENSONHURST (1988)

Spike of Bensonhurst
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Spike of Bensonhurst
One kid's fight for the respect of the neighborhood.
Comedy, Drama
November 11, 1988
English
1h 40m
United States
FilmDallas Pictures

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.

Cast & Characters

Sasha Mitchell

Spike Fumo

Ernest Borgnine

Baldo Cacetti

Anne DeSalvo

Sylvia Cacetti

Sylvia Miles

Congresswoman

Geraldine Smith

Helen Fumo

Antonia Rey

Bandana's Mother

Mario Todisco

Tortorella

Frank Gio

Pete Fumo

Robert Compono

Chicago Boxer

Tony Goodstone

Mafia Boss

Tommy Citera

2nd Junkie

Angel David

Teen Dealer

Mary Lou Rosato

Italian Mother

Crew

Paul Morrissey

Screenplay

Alan Bowne

Screenplay

Coati Mundi

Original Music Composer

Steven Fierberg

Director of Photography

Nelson Lyon

Producer

Sam Grogg

Executive Producer