Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)

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.

Directed by: Paul Morrissey

Cast: Sasha Mitchell, Ernest Borgnine, Anne DeSalvo, Sylvia Miles, Geraldine Smith, Antonia Rey, Rick Aviles, Maria Pitillo, Karen Shallo, Christopher Anthony Young, Mario Todisco, Rodney Harvey

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Rating: 9/10

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