Dinner Rush
Dinner Rush
Dinner Rush
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2000
1h 39m
7.1(78 votes)
Drama
Action
Thriller

Overview

One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.

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42 members
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Danny Aiello

Louis Cropa

Danny Aiello
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Polly Draper

Natalie Clemente

Polly Draper
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Alex Corrado

Paolo

Alex Corrado
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Zainab Jah

Adrian

Zainab Jah
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John Rothman

Gary Lieberman

John Rothman
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Michael McGlone

Carmen

Michael McGlone
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Edoardo Ballerini

Chef Udo Cropa

Edoardo Ballerini
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Manny Perez

Gabriel

Manny Perez
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邬君梅

Nicole Chan

邬君梅
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Frank Bongiorno

Enrico Coventie

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Lexie Sperduto

Lucy Clemente

Lexie Sperduto
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Ajay Naidu

Ademir the Matre'd

Ajay Naidu
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Andre Haynes Richardson

Machine

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Summer Phoenix

Marti Wellington

Summer Phoenix
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Jamie Harris

Sean the Bartender

Jamie Harris
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Tessa Ghylin

Piper

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Jimmy Shkelqim

Server

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Nurul Raque

Server

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John Patrick Walker

Roger

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Gabriel Jiménez

Pasta Chef

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Andre De Leon

Nino

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Joe Gatti Jr.

Harold

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John Corbett

Ken Roloff

John Corbett
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Kirk Acevedo

Duncan

Kirk Acevedo
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Mark Margolis

Fitzgerald

Mark Margolis
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Annika Peterson

Bettina

Annika Peterson
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Juan Carlos Hernández

Joseph

Juan Carlos Hernández
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Luigi Celentano

Line Chef

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Jonathan Chodosh

Black-Out Customer

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Ted Koch

Bar Patron

Ted Koch
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Doreen Dunlap

Bar Patron

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Julie Zeger

Baby's Mother

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David Phillips

Baby's Father

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Marcus Schenkenberg

Male Customer

Marcus Schenkenberg
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Jennifer Griffin Chambers

Female Customer

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Sandra Bernhard

Jennifer Freely

Sandra Bernhard
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Sophie Comet

Food Nymph

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Ellen McElduff

Ellen Drury

Ellen McElduff
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Minnie Giraldi

Other Female Customer

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Roma Torre

NY 1 Reporter

Roma Torre
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David Diaz

News 2 Reporter

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Walt MacPherson

Detective Drury

Walt MacPherson

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