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Sonny Grosso is a Actor, Story, Other and Technical Advisor born on 21 july 1930

Sonny Grosso

Sonny Grosso
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Birth 21 july 1930
Death 22 january 2020 (at 89 years)

Salvatore "Sonny" Grosso, né en 1933, est un acteur et producteur américain né à Düsseldorf (Allemagne). Avant d'entamer sa carrière dans le cinéma, il a été lieutenant au Narcotic Bureau de New York où il luttait contre la French Connection. Son rôle a été immortalisé à l'écran dans le film French Connection par Roy Scheider.

Grosso et son partenaire Eddie Egan et d'autres policiers du NYPD ont pénétré et démantélé un réseau criminel en relation avec la French Connection en 1961. Ils ont saisi prés de 200 kilos d'héroïne, un record à cette époque. L'enquête est devenue le sujet d'un livre écrit par Robin Moore et d'un film oscarisé.

Best films

The French Connection
The French Connection
(1971)
(Other)

Usually with

Bill Hickman
Bill Hickman
(3 films)
Randy Jurgensen
Randy Jurgensen
(6 films)
Philip D'Antoni
Philip D'Antoni
(3 films)
William Friedkin
William Friedkin
(2 films)
Joe Spinell
Joe Spinell
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sonny Grosso (12 films)

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Actor

Out of the Darkness
Out of the Darkness (1985)
, 2h
Directed by Jud Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Documentary, Crime, Politic
Actors Martin Sheen, Héctor Elizondo, Charlie Sheen, Matt Clark, Jennifer Salt, Robert Trebor
Roles Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.051753.051753.051753.051753.05175
Cruising
Cruising (1980)
, 1h42
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox, Don Scardino, Randy Jurgensen
Roles Det. Blasio
Rating65% 3.2506553.2506553.2506553.2506553.250655
In New York City during the middle of a hot summer, body parts of men are showing up in the Hudson River. The police suspect it to be the work of a serial killer who is picking up homosexual men at West Village bars like the Eagle's Nest, the Ramrod, and the Cock Pit, then taking them to cheap rooming houses or motels, tying them up and stabbing them to death.
Report to the Commissioner
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
, 1h52
Directed by Paul Baxley, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Héctor Elizondo, Dana Elcar, Bob Balaban
Roles Detective
Rating66% 3.3459353.3459353.3459353.3459353.345935
Patty Butler (Susan Blakely), an attractive young female police officer, is pretending to be a runaway girl with the nickname of "Chicklet." She has been given permission by the Department to be the live-in girlfriend of Thomas "Stick" Henderson (Tony King), a suspected drug dealer, so that they can gather evidence against him. To back up her cover story, Detective Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty) has been given an almost impossible assignment: without being told she is actually an undercover officer, he is instructed to spend a few weeks trying to find this young runaway "Chicklet," who is believed to be somewhere in New York City. By Bo's actions of openly looking around and trying to find her, this will end up being reported back to Stick, which should convince him that his girlfriend really is a runaway.
The Seven-Ups
The Seven-Ups (1973)
, 1h43
Directed by Philip D'Antoni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch, Ken Kercheval, Bill Hickman
Roles Counterfeit Money Courier (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci has been getting flak from the higher-ups in the New York City police force he works for because his team of renegade policemen, known as The Seven-Ups (the name comes from the fact that most convictions done by the team heralds jail sentences to criminals from Seven years and Up) has been using unorthodox methods to capture criminals; this is illustrated as the team ransacks an antiques store that is a front for the running of counterfeit money.
The Seven-Ups
The Seven-Ups (1973)
, 1h43
Directed by Philip D'Antoni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Roy Scheider, Ken Kercheval, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch, Bill Hickman
Roles Counterfeit Money Courier (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
Buddy Manucci est un flic de New York aux méthodes brutales mais efficaces. Pour coincer ses ennemis, il se bat avec leurs propres armes. Lorsqu'un de ses collègues est assassiné, il décide de monter une troupe d'élite et déclare la guerre à la Pègre. Très vite ces justiciers se retrouvent surnommés les Seven-Ups par les malfrats. Alors qu'ils parviennent à liquider un gangster, un des assassins jure de se venger. Il parvient à kidnapper un des flics de la troupe et exige un échange contre un de ses camarades enlevé peu de temps avant...
The Godfather
The Godfather (1972)
, 2h55
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Tommy Wiseau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Crime
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, La précarité, Gangster films, Films about marriage
Actors Marlon Brando, Megan Fox, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall
Roles Cop Outside Hospital (uncredited)
Rating87% 4.36954.36954.36954.36954.3695
On the occasion of his daughter Connie's wedding, Vito Corleone hears requests in his role as the Godfather, the Don of a New York crime family. Vito's youngest son, Michael, wearing a Marine Corps uniform, introduces his girlfriend, Kay Adams, to his family at the reception. Johnny Fontane, a famous singer and godson to Vito, seeks his help in securing a movie role; Vito dispatches his consigliere, Tom Hagen, to Los Angeles to talk the abrasive studio head, Jack Woltz, into giving Johnny the part. Woltz is unmoved until he wakes up in bed with the severed head of his prized stallion.
The French Connection
The French Connection (1971)
, 1h44
Directed by William Friedkin
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Gangster films
Actors Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frédéric de Pasquale
Roles Klein
Rating76% 3.8486153.8486153.8486153.8486153.848615
In Marseille, an undercover detective is following Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey), a wealthy French criminal who runs the largest heroin-smuggling syndicate in the world. The policeman is assassinated by Charnier's hitman, Pierre Nicoli (Marcel Bozzuffi). Charnier plans to smuggle $32 million worth of heroin into the United States by hiding it in the car of his unsuspecting friend, French television personality Henri Devereaux (Frédéric de Pasquale).

Scriptwriter

The Seven-Ups
The Seven-Ups (1973)
, 1h43
Directed by Philip D'Antoni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch, Ken Kercheval, Bill Hickman
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
NYPD Detective Buddy Manucci has been getting flak from the higher-ups in the New York City police force he works for because his team of renegade policemen, known as The Seven-Ups (the name comes from the fact that most convictions done by the team heralds jail sentences to criminals from Seven years and Up) has been using unorthodox methods to capture criminals; this is illustrated as the team ransacks an antiques store that is a front for the running of counterfeit money.
The Seven-Ups
The Seven-Ups (1973)
, 1h43
Directed by Philip D'Antoni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Roy Scheider, Ken Kercheval, Tony Lo Bianco, Larry Haines, Richard Lynch, Bill Hickman
Roles Story
Rating67% 3.3963.3963.3963.3963.396
Buddy Manucci est un flic de New York aux méthodes brutales mais efficaces. Pour coincer ses ennemis, il se bat avec leurs propres armes. Lorsqu'un de ses collègues est assassiné, il décide de monter une troupe d'élite et déclare la guerre à la Pègre. Très vite ces justiciers se retrouvent surnommés les Seven-Ups par les malfrats. Alors qu'ils parviennent à liquider un gangster, un des assassins jure de se venger. Il parvient à kidnapper un des flics de la troupe et exige un échange contre un de ses camarades enlevé peu de temps avant...

Producer

Citizen Jane
Citizen Jane (2009)
, 1h29
Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Ally Sheedy, Meat Loaf, Sean Patrick Flanery, Nia Peeples, Patty McCormack, Chuck McCann
Roles Executive Producer
Rating55% 2.7576952.7576952.7576952.7576952.757695
Jane Alexander was a sheltered, attractive widow living with her family in San Francisco. For six years, she had been living with Tom O'Donnell, her charismatic and handsome boyfriend. He had used wit, charm, and tales of adventure to borrow money for extensive home business operations and investing.
Kings of South Beach
Kings of South Beach (2007)

Directed by Tim Hunter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Donnie Wahlberg, Jason Gedrick, Steven Bauer, Nadine Velazquez, Frank John Hughes, Brian Goodman
Roles Executive Producer
Rating51% 2.5561852.5561852.5561852.5561852.556185
Le patron d'un nightclub de Miami Beach prend un jeune employé sous son aile alors qu'il tente d'éviter la faillite et la mafia.
You Belong to Me
You Belong to Me (2002)

Directed by Paolo Barzman
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Lesley-Anne Down, Tony De Santis, Barclay Hope, Alex Karzis, Megan Fahlenbock, Michelle Nolden
Roles Executive Producer
Rating59% 2.9516052.9516052.9516052.9516052.951605
Le docteur Susan Chancellor décide d'utiliser l'émission radio qu'elle anime quotidiennement pour enquêter sur la disparition de femmes célibataires. Après avoir lancé un appel à témoin pour retrouver une riche femme d'affaires, une inconnue la contacte. Mais le jour du rendez-vous, Susan découvre son informatrice assassinée. Elle est persuadée d'être la prochaine sur la liste...