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Spike of Bensonhurst is a american film of genre Drama directed by Paul Morrissey released in USA on 11 november 1988 with Sasha Mitchell
Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)
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Add to a movie listSpike 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.
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In the film, 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 New York City, where he falls in love with a girl from that neighborhood, as well.Actors
Sasha Mitchell
(Spike Fumo)
Ernest Borgnine
(Baldo Cacetti)
Frank Adonis
(Vinaca)
Sylvia Miles
(Congresswoman)
Talisa Soto
(India)
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