The Carboni Boys. They haul ice, lay out stiffs and dance with monkeys.
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.
- 5.8
- 1978
- Released
- 1h 47m
Sylvester Stallone
Cosmo Carboni
Lee Canalito
Victor Carboni
Armand Assante
Lenny Carboni
Frank McRae
Big Glory
Anne Archer
Annie
Kevin Conway
Stitch
Terry Funk
Frankie the Thumper
Joyce Ingalls
Bunchie
Joe Spinell
Burp
Aimée Eccles
Susan Chow
Tom Waits
MumblesChick Casey
DoormanJames J. Casino
Paradise BartenderFredi O. Gordon
Paradise Alley HookerLydia Goya
Bar Room Hooker #1
Michael Jeffers
Paradise Alley BumMax Leavitt
Mr. Gaimbelli
Paul Mace
RatPolli Magaro
Fat LadyPamela Des Barres
VonnyLeo Nanas
Store Owner
Frank Pesce
Skinny the Hand
Stuart K. Robinson
Towel Boy
Ray Sharkey
LegsMaria Smith
Dance Hall GirlPatricia Spann
Bar Room Hooker #2
Frank Stallone Jr.
SingerJohn Ayers
Wrestler
Rolland Bastien
Wrestler
Ted DiBiase Sr.
WrestlerVincent Albert DiStefano
Wrestler
Dory Funk Jr.
Wrestler
Don Leo Jonathan
Wrestler
Charles Donald Kernodle Jr.
Wrestler
Gene Kiniski
WrestlerLarry Lane
WrestlerRandy Morse
Wrestler
Dick Murdoch
WrestlerReg Parks
WrestlerAlex Perez
Wrestler
Rock Riddle
WrestlerBob Roop
WrestlerDouglas Ryan
WrestlerDon Slatton
WrestlerErvin Smith
WrestlerDennis Stamp
Wrestler
Tommy Gilbert
Wrestler
Ray Stevens
WrestlerTonga Fifita
WrestlerJay S. York
Wrestler
John Zenda
WrestlerRalph Gambina
Barfly (uncredited)Raven Grey Eagle
Barfly (uncredited)Chester Hayes
Barfly (uncredited)
Jeff McCracken
Sailor (uncredited)Ray Pourchot
Barfly (uncredited)
Released
en
$6,000,000.00
$7,185,518.00
- #dancing
- #prostitute
- #sibling relationship
- #italian american
- #sports
- #hustler
- #ghetto
- #irish mob
- #monkey
- #bum
- #ice cream
- #racial slur
- #arm wrestling
- #gentle giant
- #ice block
- #family feud
- #street life
- #cripple
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