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Release Date:
November 11, 1988
Original Title:
Spike of Bensonhurst
Alternate Titles:
Mafia Kid
The Brooklyn Kid
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
FilmDallas Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
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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Associate Editor:
Sandra Kaufman
Associate Producer:
Michael Maiello
Jane Holzer
Best Boy Grip:
Charlie Marroquin
Paul Wachter
Camera Operator:
Ken Ferris
Casting:
Leonard Finger
Cinematography:
Steven Fierberg
Co-Producer:
Mark Silverman
Director:
Paul Morrissey
Editor:
Stan Salfas
Electrician:
Scott Williams
Executive In Charge Of Production:
Marcus McWaters
Executive Producer:
Sam Grogg
First Assistant Camera:
Jonathan Herron
Foley Artist:
Marko Costanzo
Key Grip:
Tony Whitman
Music:
Coati Mundi
Producer:
David Weisman
Nelson Lyon
Production Design:
Stephen McCabe
Production Executive:
Ernest Z. Frausto
Production Manager:
Kevin Dowd
Rigging Gaffer:
William Farber
Scenic Artist:
Jeffrey L. Glave
Screenplay:
Alan Bowne
Paul Morrissey
Second Assistant Camera:
Eric Swanek
Second Assistant Director:
Mark Hatfield
Set Decoration:
Sonja Roth
Sound Editor:
Louis Bertini
Laura Civiello
Story:
Paul Morrissey
Wardrobe Assistant:
John Michael Reefer
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