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The Pope of Greenwich Village
Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150,000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.
1984 · Directed by Stuart Rosenberg · 121 min · Action · Comedy · Crime · 10 frames
Tagline
Charlie and Paulie. Two dreamers fighting to get lucky.
Crew
- Screenplay: Vincent Patrick
- Cinematography: John Bailey
- Edited by: Robert Brown
- Music: Dave Grusin
- Production design: Paul Sylbert
- Produced by: Gene Kirkwood, Hawk Koch
Cast
- Eric Roberts as Paulie
- Mickey Rourke as Charlie
- Daryl Hannah as Diane
- Geraldine Page as Mrs. Ritter
- Kenneth McMillan as Barney
- Tony Musante as Pete
- M. Emmet Walsh as Burns
- Burt Young as Bed Bug Eddie
- Jack Kehoe as Bunky
- Philip Bosco as Paulie's Father
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $8,000,000
- Box office: $6,836,201
- Themes: sibling relationship, based on novel or book, mobster, greenwich village
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