Paradise Alley
Brief Synopsis
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The three Carboni brothers struggle to escape poverty in New York's Hell's Kitchen during the 1940s. Victor is a brawny iceman, Lenny an injured war veteran, and Cosmo is a slick con man. Cosmo decides that their best bet to get out of the slums is Victor's strength and talks his slow-witted brother into participating in a series of punishing wrestling matches. As Victor begins to have some success as "Kid Salami," his rise to the top is threatened by a local gangster who schedules a 22-round fight between him and his vicious wrestler, "Frankie the Thumper."
Cast & Crew
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Sylvester Stallone
Director
Sylvester Stallone
Lee Canalito
Armand Assante
Don Slatton
Ray Stevens
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Comedy
Drama
Sports
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
The three Carboni brothers struggle to escape poverty in New York's Hell's Kitchen during the 1940s. Victor is a brawny iceman, Lenny an injured war veteran, and Cosmo is a slick con man. Cosmo decides that their best bet to get out of the slums is Victor's strength and talks his slow-witted brother into participating in a series of punishing wrestling matches. As Victor begins to have some success as "Kid Salami," his rise to the top is threatened by a local gangster who schedules a 22-round fight between him and his vicious wrestler, "Frankie the Thumper."
Director
Sylvester Stallone
Director
Cast
Sylvester Stallone
Lee Canalito
Armand Assante
Don Slatton
Ray Stevens
Joe Spinell
Don Leo Jonathan
Johnathan Starr
Stuart K Robinson
Don Kernodle
Ray Sharkey
Vincent Albert Destefano
Bob Roop
John Monks Jr.
Douglas Ryan
Frank Pesce
Paul Mace
Ervin Smith
Rolland Bastien
Patricia Spann
Frank Stallone
Reg Parks
John Ayers
Gene Kiniski
Joyce Ingalls
Pamela Miller
Lydia Goya
Jay S York
Randy Morse
Tom Waits
Kevin Conway
Jeff Wald
Jimmy Casino
Anne Archer
Alex Perez
Dick Murdoch
Dory Frank Jr.
Frank Mcrae
Rock Riddle
Tonga Yociato
Michael Jeffers
Leo Nanas
Aimee Eccles
Terry Funk
Johnny Zenda
Dennis Stamp
Ted Dibiase
Chick Casey
Maria Smith-caffey
Max Leavitt
Larry Lane
Polli Magaro
Fredi O Gordon
Crew
Jerry Adams
Set Decorator
Deborah Beaudet
Art Director
Fernando Carrill
Art Department
Arthur Chobanian
Associate Producer
Clifford C Coleman
Assistant Director
Bill Conti
Music
Bill Conti
Song
John W Corso
Production Designer
Jeffrey Frink
Special Effects
Terry Funk
Choreographer
Michael S Glick
Unit Production Manager
Buddy Joe Hooker
Stunts
Sandra Berke Jordan
Costumes
Laszlo Kovacs
Director Of Photography
Lambert Marks
Costumes
Eve Newman
Editor
Jim Nickerson
Stunts
Bill Phillips
Sound Effects Editor
Edward Pressman
Executive Producer
John F Roach
Producer
Bruce Roberts
Song
Dar Robinson
Stunts
Carole Bayer Sager
Song
Mark R Schilz
Assistant Director
Sylvester Stallone
Screenplay
Sylvester Stallone
Song Performer
William Stevenson
Sound Effects Editor
Ronald A Suppa
Producer
Bill Varney
Sound
Bud Walls
Stunts
Michael Westmore
Makeup
Charles Wilborn
Sound
Tom Wright
Production
David Zellitti
Stunts
Film Details
MPAA Rating
Genre
Action
Comedy
Drama
Sports
Release Date
1978
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 49m
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color (Technicolor)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Quotes
We're brothers doesn't that mean anything to you?- Victor
Yes that means a lot to me. It means there's a lot of bananas- Cosmo Carboni
hanging off the family tree.- Cosmo Carboni
You gotta lot of style for somebody with pigeon crap on their shoulder, Cosmo.- Annie
That ain't real pigeon crap. That's just something I had sewn on to make me stand out in a crowd. You know?- Cosmo Carboni
Hey, Vic. Frankie here wants to have a friendly arm-wrestling contest with you.- Cosmo Carboni
I promise you fifty wins before Christmas.- Lenny
Your man gets IN THE RING forty of fifty times before Christmas he won't have enough brains left to tie his shoelaces. And then you'll have two cripples in the family.- Burp
Do you know how many men could've been sitting on top of the world, but they let a dame tell them what to do and the only thing they ended up sitting on top of was a toilet.- Cosmo Carboni
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States September 1978
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States Winter January 1, 1978
Released in United States September 1978
