Spike of Bensonhurst
Spike of Bensonhurst is a 1988 American comedy drama mafia film written and directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Sasha Mitchell. The film also features Ernest Borgnine, Maria Pitillo, and Talisa Soto. It was released in the United States on November 11, 1988 after it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. In the United Kingdom and other countries, the film was released with the title Mafia Kid.
Plot
Spike Fumo is a young Italian-American man who lives in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn and aspires to be a boxer. He hopes to impress the local mob boss, Baldo Cacetti, so that he will become his sponsor. However, Cacetti knows Spike only competes in fixed matches, so he turns down the offer. Spike reminds Cacetti that his father went to prison for working for him, so Cacetti gives Spike a job collecting money for his numbers racket.
More details
| author | Paul Morrissey |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Brooklyn |
| director | Paul Morrissey |
| editor | Stan Salfas |
| events | boxing |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | american mafia apartment building boxing match build card game collect drug addict fixed matches live at match fixing misunderstand mob boss murder new family numbers game numbers racket playing cards police officer puerto rican puerto rican american teenage daughter young woman |
| musicBy | Coati Mundi |
| producer | David Weisman Nelson Lyon |
| publisher | New World Pictures |
| theme | independent mafia |