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The Ransom of Red Chief (1975)
Character: Bill
Two con artists kidnap a young boy for ransom. The boy, who calls himself Red Chief, becomes a problem for them.
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Nunzio (1978)
Character: Angelo
A mentally-challenged delivery boy indulges in fantasies that he is a superhero in the tough streets of Brooklyn. He lives a life marked with torments from the gang of deadbeats at the corner, overbearing concern from his mother and older brother, and general confusion about women and his burgeoning desires for them.
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The Last Fight (1983)
Character: Angelo
Singer-turned-boxer Andy 'Kid' Clave signs a contract with a shady promoter Joaquin Vargas. But Clave turns against Vargas when the promoter's thugs kill Clave's girlfriend when he thinks about backing out of the contract. While seeking a way to get revenge against Vargas, Clave learns that he has a blood clot in his head. But nothing will deter him from getting his revenge and making a shot at the title.
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Thriller Zone (1995)
Character: Vinny Durand (segment "Fanatical Extremes") (archive footage)
There are three unrelated, unconnected segments in this horror anthology. In the first segment, "The Last Hand," a man is shot, while another man has a heart attack. The latter man (Morty) survives, and goes to his regular poker game, but the man who was shot shows up looking well, if sinister. Morty had a hand in his death, it seems, and Morty grows increasingly agitated, and starts hallucinating. In the second segment,"The Final Hour," a convicted murderer in the year 2213 is being transported to a trial for his appeal and forms a relationship with the ship's pilot. The last segment, "Fanatical Extreme," is a condensed version of the feature film The Last Horror Film (1982), in which taxi driver Joe Spinell tries to realize his fantasy of making a horror movie with his favorite star, but he's not exactly welcome.
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K.O. Kippers (1988)
Character: Tony Larosa
The story of modern-day vaudevillians, the "Kipper Kids." Harry and Harry Kipper are "somewhere in South America" training for a boxing match staged by Tony LaRosa, a down-and-out scam artist who has promised to make the Kippers "champions of the entire world."
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The History of 'Cruising' (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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Exorcising 'Cruising' (2007)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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FantastiCozzi (2016)
Character: Count Zarth Arn (archive footage)
A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.
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Rapid Fire (1989)
Character: Hansen
Mike Thompson is a former U.S. government agent whom is called on by his no-nonsense ex-employer Hanson to stop a terrorist named Mustapha who breaks out of a maximum security military prison aboard a battleship with the help from his aide Eddy Williams a former agent-turned-mercenary armed with an unstoppable rapid-firing, multi-use machine gun whom the U.S. government wants back at any cost. Mike is forced to rely on his former partner-in-crime Pappy, and a CIA agent named Corle, to help him try to track down Eddy hoping to lead him to Mustapha before they can plan their next terrorist strike.
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The One Man Jury (1978)
Character: Mike Abatino
Officer Jim Wade is a loose cannon on the force with a reputation for roughing up suspects, informants, witnesses, and just about everybody else who rubs him the wrong way. When women start being killed by a mysterious serial murderer called The Slasher, Wade vows to put a stop to the killing spree, regardless of whether through legal means or not.
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Vampire (1979)
Character: Capt. Desher
Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
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A Question of Honor (1982)
Character: Masked witness (uncredited)
Television account of an honest New York narcotics cop who becomes unwillingly involved in a plan to uncover corruption in his department.
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Nightside (1980)
Character: Michael Vincent
Danny Dandoy is a good-humored, streetwise cop working the dusk-to-dawn shift in Los Angeles with his somewhat naive new partner, Macey, in this proposed pilot for a new TV series.
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Night Shift (1982)
Character: Manetti
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbor complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night.
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Il cugino americano (1986)
Character: Joey, New York Goon #1
An innocent American engineer is blackmailed by gangsters into a plot to assassinate his cousin, who is a judge in Sicily fighting the Mafia.
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Winter Kills (1979)
Character: Arthur Fletcher
The younger brother of an assassinated US President is led down a rabbit hole of conspiracies and dead ends after learning of a man claiming to be the real shooter.
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Cops and Robbers (1973)
Character: Marty
Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
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Sorcerer (1977)
Character: Spider
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
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Maniac (1980)
Character: Frank Zito
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, loose in NYC, kills young women and local girl American models and takes their scalps as trophies.
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Cruising (1980)
Character: Patrolman DiSimone
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
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The First Deadly Sin (1980)
Character: Charles Lipsky
A serial killer is stalking New York. Inspector Edward X. Delaney is an NYPD detective, nearing retirement, who is trying to put together the pieces of the case. Are the victims somehow linked? What does the brutal method of death signify?
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Taxi Driver (1976)
Character: Personnel Officer
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
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Paradise Alley (1978)
Character: Burp
Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.
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Rancho Deluxe (1975)
Character: Mr. Colson
Two drifters, of widely varying backgrounds, rustle cattle and try to avoid being caught in contemporary Montana.
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National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
Character: Agent / M.C. ("Success Wanters")
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
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Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)
Character: Cop
An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.
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Stay Hungry (1976)
Character: Jabo
A dishonest businessman asks rich layabout Craig Blake to help him buy a gym, which will be demolished for a development project in Alabama. But after spending time with weightlifter Joe Santo and gym worker Mary Tate Farnsworth, Craig wants out of the deal. The property negotiations turn ugly, causing a brawl at the gym and a spectacle at a big bodybuilding meet, as Craig learns that it's not easy to turn your back on fair-weather friends.
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The Little Dragons (1980)
Character: Yancey
Karate experts attempt to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by a mother and her two psycho sons.
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The Ninth Configuration (1980)
Character: Lt. Spinell
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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Out of the Darkness (1985)
Character: Jim Halsey
A gripping thriller telling the true story of the hunt and capture of David Berkowitz, a.k.a. "Son of Sam" — the infamous serial killer who stalked New York in the 70s.
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Strike Force (1975)
Character: Sol Terranova
A New York City detective teams up with a federal agent and a state trooper to bust up a drug ring.
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The Big Score (1983)
Character: Mayfield
A narcotics detective, played by Fred Williamson, lets nothing stand in the way of his bringing down a major drug dealer. After a bust gone awry, he's accused of stealing a lost briefcase filled with money and both the mob and the police are looking for him. A ruthless hit man, played by Bruce Glover, will stop at nothing to get what his boss wants; the money!
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The Undertaker (1988)
Character: Uncle Roscoe
A deranged undertaker kills various people to keep as his friends in his seedy funeral home.
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The Godfather Part II (1974)
Character: William 'Willie' Cicci
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
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Rocky (1976)
Character: Tony Gazzo
An uneducated collector for a Philadelphia loan shark is given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight against the world heavyweight boxing champion.
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The Pick-up Artist (1987)
Character: Eddie
A womanizer meets his match when he falls for the daughter of a gambling addict who is in debt to the mob.
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Vigilante (1982)
Character: Eisenberg
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes berserk and vows revenge.
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The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic (1981)
Character: William "Willie" Cicci
The Godfather 1901–1959: The Complete Epic is a reduced, 386-minute version of the 1977 television miniseries, "Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television," released to video in 1981. Unlike the miniseries, which was presented in four segments (each with opening and closing credits), the Epic is presented as a single segment. In January 2016, HBO aired the Epic in its uncut and uncensored format, later making it available on its streaming platforms. The HBO showing contained most of the known deleted scenes, thereby lengthening the runtime of the Epic from its video release to 423 minutes.
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Married to the Mob (1988)
Character: Leonard 'Tiptoes' Mazzilli
Angela de Marco is fed up with her gangster husband's line of work and wants no part of the crime world. When her husband is killed for having an affair with the mistress of mob boss Tony "The Tiger" Russo, Angela and her son depart for New York City to make a fresh start. Unfortunately, Tony has set his sights upon Angela -- and so has an undercover FBI agent looking to use her to bust Tony.
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The Last Horror Film (1982)
Character: Vinny Durand
A New York taxi driver stalks a beautiful actress attending the Cannes Film Festival, which coincides with a series of violent killings of the lady's friends.
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Operation Warzone (1988)
Character: Brig. Gen. George Delevane
A squad of U.S. troops seek out a mysterious agent hiding out in the jungles of 1960s Vietnam whom has classified documents that could win the war.
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Starcrash (1978)
Character: Count Zartharn
A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.
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The Seven-Ups (1973)
Character: Toredano
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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Losin' It (1983)
Character: Border Patrolman
In 1965, four Los Angeles school friends -- Woody, Dave, Spider and Wendell -- go on a series of misadventures when they head to Tijuana, Mexico, for a night of cruisin', causing trouble, and to lose their virginity.
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The Messenger (1986)
Character: Rico
When his girlfriend dies of a drug overdose, a former Green Beret decides to take vengeance on the drug gangs responsible for her death.
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Deadly Illusion (1987)
Character: Crazy Man in Gun Bureau
A private eye hired to kill a man's wife warns her instead and then finds both are impostors.
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The Joe Spinell Story (2001)
Character: (archive footage)
The Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable roles were as mafioso Willi Cicci in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and as loan shark Tony Gazzo in Rocky and Rocky II. Although primarily known as a character actor, Spinell co-wrote and starred as a serial killer in the 1980 film, Maniac.
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Farewell, My Lovely (1975)
Character: Nick
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
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Melvin and Howard (1980)
Character: Go-Go Club Owner #2 (uncredited)
The story of hard-luck Melvin Dummar, who claimed to have received a will naming him an heir to the fortune of Howard Hughes.
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The Children of Times Square (1986)
Character: Street Vendor
An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.
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92 in the Shade (1975)
Character: Ollie Slatt
A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.
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Brubaker (1980)
Character: Floyd Birdwell
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Nighthawks (1981)
Character: Lt. Munafo
When one of Europe's most lethal terrorists shows up in New York, an elite undercover cop is assigned to take him down by any means necessary.
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Big Wednesday (1978)
Character: Psychologist
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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Last Embrace (1979)
Character: Man in Cantina
Secret agent Harry Hannan suffers a mental breakdown when a botched mission in Mexico results in the death of his wife. He is sent to a mental asylum, after which he eventually returns to work. But, once again, he begins to doubt his sanity when he receives a bizarre death threat written in Hebrew. Not knowing which of his colleagues wants to kill him, Hannan teams up with pretty young college student Ellie Fabian to attempt to unravel the mystery.
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The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Character: Guido Antonucci
Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.
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The Godfather (1972)
Character: Willi Cicci (uncredited)
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
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Forbidden Zone (1980)
Character: Drunken Sailor
A mysterious door in the basement of the Hercules house leads to the Sixth Dimension by way of a gigantic set of intestine. When Frenchy slips through the door, King Fausto falls in love with her. The jealous Queen Doris takes Frenchy prisoner, and it is up to the Hercules family and friend Squeezit Henderson to rescue her.
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One Down, Two to Go (1982)
Character: Joe Spangler
A pair of tough cops go after the mob who jinxed the martial arts tournament and injured their buddy.
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The American Nightmare (2000)
Character: Self
An examination into the nature of 1960's-70's horror films, the involved artists, and how they reflected contemporary society.
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Walking the Edge (1985)
Character: Brusstar
A Los Angeles taxi driver helps a distraught woman on the run from gangsters after they murder her husband and young son.
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Maniac II: Mr. Robbie (1986)
Character: Mr. Robbie
A children's television host solves all kids problems. Shot as a promo reel for a sequel to Maniac (1980) but was cut short due to the untimely death of actor Joe Spinell.
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Eureka (1983)
Character: Pete
An Alaskan gold prospector lives in luxury with his family on an island which gangsters want.
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Hollywood Harry (1986)
Character: Max Caldwell
Tongue-in-cheek account of a private eye hired to find a young porn actress.
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Rocky II (1979)
Character: Tony Gazzo
After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put his life together outside the ring, while Creed seeks a rematch to restore his reputation. Soon enough, the "Master of Disaster" and the "Italian Stallion" are set on a collision course for a climactic battle that is brutal and unforgettable.
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Monsignor (1982)
Character: Bride's Father
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
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