''Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn'' is a 2013 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

written and directed by Paul Borghese, starring

William DeMeo William DeMeo is an American actor. He is known for his acting roles in ''Analyze That'', '' First Kill'' and ''The Sopranos''. He also played the role of Sammy Gravano in the 2018 film '' Gotti''. Career His first acting role was in the 1993 f ...

, Wass Stevens, and Louis Vanaria.

Plot

Bobby Baldano (

) is the black sheep of his family. When he gets out of prison after serving a five-year sentence, his father (

Armand Assante Armand Anthony Assante Jr. (; born October 4, 1949) is an American actor. He played mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film '' Gotti'', Odysseus in the 1997 mini-series adaptation of Homer's ''The Odyssey'', Nietzsche in ''When Niet ...

) has high hopes he will have a fresh start and come to work at Joseph Baldano & Sons Contracting, the legitimate and thriving multi-generational family business Bobby's grandfather built up from nothing. But Bobby's a mob connected street thug who gets caught back up in a life of inescapable crime. He has two families: one supportive and loving, the other dangerous and deadly. He must decide between his two families and once he does, truths are revealed that Bobby always knew but was too blind to see and too afraid to face.

Cast

as Bobby Baldano * Louis Vanaria as Stan "the Jew" Gerzof * Ice-T as Tyler Moss * Jeffrey Atkins as Willie Davis *

Vincent Pastore Vincent Pastore (; born July 14, 1946) is an American actor. Often cast as a mafioso, he is best known for his portrayal of Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on the HBO series ''The Sopranos''. Early life Pastore was born to an Italian-America ...

as Luigi Leone * Tony Darrow as Patsy Pirati * Elia Monte-Brown as Rena * Samantha Ivers as Gina *

Cathy Moriarty Cathy Moriarty (born November 29, 1960) is an American actress and singer whose career spans over 40 years. For her work in Martin Scorsese's 1980 film ''Raging Bull'', she received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ...

as Sarah Baldano *

as Joseph Baldano Sr. * Charles Parshley as Joseph Baldano Jr. *

William Sweet William Sweet (born 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian philosopher, and a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association and of the Canadian Theological Society. Biography Sweet was born in St. Albert, Alberta, St. Albert near Edmonton, ...

as FBI Agent Benson *

Robert Costanzo Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. He has an acting career spanning over 40 years and is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, an ...

as Lenny Leone * Wass Stevens as Jimmy Vitigliano

References

2013 films American crime films 2013 crime films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films {{2010s-crime-film-stub