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Paradise Alley (1978)

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Release Date: Nov 10, 1978 Wide

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Film auteur Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed, and stars in this re-working of Rocky to fit an old-fashioned Hollywood formula, depicting three brothers from New York's Hell's Kitchen of the 1940s who want to claw their way out of poverty. Lee Canalito is the muscle-brained iceman Victor, and Armand Assante is the embittered, crippled war veteran Lenny. But the smooth-talking con man brother Cosmo (Sylvester Stallone), sees beef-cake Victor's fists as their ticket out of the slums. Cosmo, ever

PG, 1 hr. 48 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Sylvester Stallone

In Theaters: Nov 10, 1978 Wide

On DVD: Mar 1, 2005

Universal Pictures

Cast

Sylvester Stallone
Cosmo Carboni
Kevin Conway
Stich
Anne Archer
Annie
Armand Assante
Lenny
Joe Spinell
Burp
Lee Canalito
Victor
Tom Waits
Mumbles
Aimee Eccles
Susan Chow
Terry Funk
Franky the Thumper
Joyce Ingalls
Bunchie
Frank McRae
Big Glory
Chick Casey
Doorman
James J. Casino
Paradise Alley Bartende...
Fredi O. Gordon
Hooker in Bar
Lydia Goya
Paradise Alley Hooker
Paul Mace
Rat
Frank Pesce
Skinny the Hand
Stuart K. Robinson
Towel Boy
Ray Sharkey
Legs
Patricia Spann
Bar Room Hooker
John Zenda
Wrestler
Ted di Biase
Wrestler
Frank Stallone
Singer
John Monks Jr.
Mickey the Bartender
Pamela Miller
Vonny
Dick Murdoch
Wrestler
Jay York
Wrestler
Howard Dayton
Jeff Wald
Sticky
Ray Stevens
Wrestler
Gene Kiniski

Critic Reviews for Paradise Alley

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Equal parts unintentionally hilarious, unbearably earnest, and shamelessly derivative.

May 10, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com

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Scott Weinberg

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Good Sly film. :) I still love Rocky the most though. :)

September 7, 2008

Cassie Hill

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You've gotta love the lunk, another fight show with a big heart, one-man show as Stallone wrote, directed, acted, and sang the theme song in his first followup to Rocky. This time the story's based around three Italian brothers and their attempts to make money out of the youngest's wrestling ability. With Terry Funk

July 29, 2009