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Spike of Bensonhurst
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Wikipedia article
'Spike of Bensonhurst' is a 1988 American comedy drama and mafia film written and directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Sasha Mitchell. The film also features Ernest Borgnine, Maria Pitillo, and Talisa Soto.
Plot
The protagonist, Spike Fumo (Mitchell), is a young Italian-American man who lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and aspires to be a boxer. However, he falls in love with a girl who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. As he is forced to leave, he moves to Red Hook, Brooklyn, a predominantly Puerto Rican section of Brooklyn, where he falls in love with a girl from that neighborhood.
Cast
* Sasha Mitchell as Spike Fumo
* Ernest Borgnine as Baldo Cacetti
* Anne De Salvo as Sylvia Cacetti
* Talisa Soto as India
* Frank Adonis as Vinaca
* Rick Aviles as Bandanna
* Frank Gio as Pete Fumo
* Rodney Harvey as Frankie
* Sylvia Miles as Congresswoman
* Maria Pitillo as Angel Cacetti
* Geraldine Smith as Helen Fumo
Awards and nominations
'Independent Spirit Awards'
*1989: Nominated, "Best Supporting Male" - 'Ernest Borgnine'
References
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