Spike of Bensonhurst

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Spike of Bensonhurst

"One kid's fight for the respect of the neighborhood."

1988

1h 40m

5.6(10 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

55 members

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Sasha Mitchell

Spike Fumo

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Ernest Borgnine

Baldo Cacetti

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Anne DeSalvo

Sylvia Cacetti

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Sylvia Miles

Congresswoman

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Geraldine Smith

Helen Fumo

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Antonia Rey

Bandana's Mother

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Rick Aviles

Bandana

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Maria Pitillo

Angel

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Karen Shallo

Blondie

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Christopher Anthony Young

Carmine

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Mario Todisco

Tortorella

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Rodney Harvey

Frankie

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Talisa Soto

India

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Frank Adonis

Vinaca

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Frank Gio

Pete Fumo

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Robert Compono

Chicago Boxer

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Tony Goodstone

Mafia Boss

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Justin Lazard

Justin

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Carol Jean Lewis

1st Junkie

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Tommy Citera

2nd Junkie

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Paul Dillon

1st Cop

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Mark Tenore

2nd Cop

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Angel David

Teen Dealer

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Ronald Maccone

D.A.s Man

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Mary Lou Rosato

Italian Mother

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Patrick Indri

Italian Son

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Tommy Clark

Prison Guard

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Ray Iannicelli

Photographer

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John Capodice

Mafia Eater

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Arline Miyazaki

Cashier

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Ida Bernardini

Grandmother

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Michael Acciarito

Spike's Brother

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Steve Baker

Dealer

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Sal Viviano

Singer

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Anthony Bishop

Video Boss

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Robert Mantana

Bouncer

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Ralph Monaco

Mafia Man

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Tony LaFortezza

Mafia Stooge

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Gene Amoroso

Booth Guard

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Larry Ramos

Referee

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Writing

Michael Turney

Bar Mitzvah Boy

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Jason Cerbone

Gang Member

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Matthew Cerbone

Gang Member

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Nicky Feliciano

Gang Member

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Nick Gionta

Gang Member

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Julian Scott Urena

Gang Member (as Fabio Urena)

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Christian Saffran

Gang Member

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Michael Dallesandro

Gang Member

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Steven Shubert

Soap Actor

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Victoria Preminger

Soap Actress

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Rutger Gat

Spike Jr.

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Annunziata Gianzero

Viva (uncredited)

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Richard Goteri

Sonny (uncredited)

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Robert DiTillio

Inmate (uncredited)

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Randy Schein

Druggie #1 (uncredited)

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