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The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (film)
''The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'' is a 1971 American comedy crime film directed by James Goldstone and written by Waldo Salt, based on the 1969 novel by Jimmy Breslin, which, in turn, is based on the life of gangster Joe Gallo. The film stars Jerry Orbach, Leigh Taylor-Young, Jo Van Fleet, Lionel Stander, Robert De Niro and Irving Selbst. It was released on December 22, 1971, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Kid Sally Palumbo grows jealous of his older, mobster boss Baccala, who has little respect for the crew that Palumbo commands. Baccala allows Kid Sally to supervise a six-day bicycle race (for the purposes of keeping the money generated), and among the 12 Italian cyclists brought into the city is Mario Trantino, a budding thief. When the bicycle race does not take place due to outside interference, Sally is demoted to serving Baccala as a chauffeur, and Trantino stays in New York City to run his own cons, which includes masquerading as a priest. Kid Sally's mother Big M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Poster
A film poster is a poster used to promote and advertise a film primarily to persuade paying customers into a theater to see it. Studios often print several posters that vary in size and content for various domestic and international markets. They normally contain an image with text. Today's posters often feature printed likenesses of the main actors. Prior to the 1980s, illustrations instead of photos were far more common. The text on film posters usually contains the film title in large lettering and often the names of the main actors. It may also include a tagline, the name of the director, names of characters, the release date, and other pertinent details to inform prospective viewers about the film. Film posters are often displayed inside and on the outside of movie theaters, and elsewhere on the street or in shops. The same images appear in the film exhibitor's pressbook and may also be used on websites, DVD (and historically VHS) packaging, flyers, advertisements in newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Kehoe
Jack Kehoe (November 21, 1934 – January 14, 2020) was an American film actor appearing in a wide variety of films, including the crime dramas ''Serpico'' (1973), ''The Sting'' (1973), ''The Pope of Greenwich Village'' (1984) and Brian De Palma's ''The Untouchables'' (1987), as well as the cult favorites ''The Friends of Eddie Coyle'' (1973), ''Car Wash'' (1976) and ''Midnight Run'' (1988), the popular Western ''Young Guns II'' (1990), and '' On the Nickel'' (1980). Kehoe was born in Astoria, New York. After serving in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army, he studied acting under Stella Adler. On Broadway, Kehoe appeared in ''The Ballad of the Sad Cafe'' (1963) and ''The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel'' (1977). Kehoe appeared in several Academy Award-winning films, including Jonathan Demme's ''Melvin and Howard'' (1980) and Best Picture winner ''The Sting'' (1973), in which Kehoe appears as grifter Joe Erie, alias The Erie Kid. His various TV credits included r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sterling
Philip Sterling (October 9, 1922 – November 30, 1998) was an American film and television actor. He played Dr. Winston Croft on 28 episodes of the American daytime soap opera '' The Doctors''. He also played Judge Truman Ventnor on 21 episodes in ''Sisters'' and Dr. Simon Weiss on 12 episodes in ''St. Elsewhere''. Sterling guest-starred in numerous television programs including ''The Golden Girls'', ''M*A*S*H'', ''The Rockford Files'', ''Family Ties'', ''Hart to Hart'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Night Court'', ''The Wonder Years'', ''The A-Team'', ''Diff'rent Strokes'' and ''Newhart''. He also appeared in a few episodes of ''Barney Miller'', ''L.A. Law'', '' Matlock'', ''Guiding Light'' and ''Hotel''. Death Sterling died in November 1998 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles of complications from myelofibrosis Primary myelofibrosis (PMF) is a rare bone marrow blood cancer. It is classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a type of myeloproliferative neoplasm, a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Bruns
Philip Bruns (May 2, 1931 – February 8, 2012) was an American television and movie actor and writer. He portrayed George Shumway, the father of Mary Hartman on the 1970s comedic series '' Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,'' and Morty Seinfeld, the father of Jerry Seinfeld, in the 1990 second episode of ''Seinfeld''. Early life Bruns was born on May 2, 1931, at a farm near Pipestone, Minnesota, the youngest of three children of Margie Evelyn Solon (née Trigg) and Henry Phillip Bruns. His ancestry was German and Irish.Phillip Bruns profile , phillipbrunsactor.com; accessed March 4, 2017. He played high school football. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree from [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sander Vanocur
Sander Vanocur (; born Alexander Vinocur, January 8, 1928 – September 16, 2019) was an American television journalist who focused on U.S. national electoral politics, primarily for NBC News and ABC News. Life and career Vanocur was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Rose (Millman) and Louis Vinocur, a lawyer. His family was of Russian Jewish descent. Vanocur moved to Peoria, Illinois when he was twelve years old. After attending Western Military Academy in Alton, Illinois, he earned a bachelor's degree in political science from the Northwestern University School of Speech (1950) and studied at the London School of Economics (1951–1952). He became an intelligence officer in the United States Army for two years with service in Austria and Berlin, and achieved the rank of first lieutenant. After service in the Army, he began his journalism career as a reporter on the London staff of ''The Manchester Guardian'' and also did general reporting for ''The New York Times''. Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Basch
Harry Leo Basch (January 16, 1926 – June 23, 2020) was an American actor and author. In 1951 he appeared in "Mr. Roberts" at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco. He is possibly best known for his role as Vince Caproni in the 1980s television series ''Falcon Crest''. Basch attended Ithaca College, where he studied drama. Basch appeared in ''Falcon Crest'' from 1982 to 1984. He also appeared as Dr. Brown in the ''Star Trek'' episode "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" in 1966. In addition to acting, Basch wrote several articles for the ''Los Angeles Times'' about traveling. He and his wife, actress Shirley Slater, also wrote several books on the subject including ''RV Vacations for Dummies''. In the 1950s, Basch was married to actress Leesa Troy. Filmography Film * ''A Man Called Gannon'' (1968) – Ben * ''Winning'' (1969) – The Stranger (uncredited) * '' The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight'' (1971) – DeLauria * ''They Only Kill Their Masters'' (1972) – Mayor Wendell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Campanella
Frank Campanella (March 12, 1919 – December 30, 2006) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, as well as a few films and Broadway productions. Early life and career Campanella was born in New York City, the son of Philip and Mary O. Campanella, both born in Sicily. The family lived in the Washington Heights section of upper Manhattan. He was the older brother of actor Joseph Campanella, and Philip Campanella (who became a union plumber) and spoke mostly Italian growing up; this proved useful during World War II, when he worked as a civilian translator for the U.S. government. Campanella graduated from Manhattan College in 1940, where he studied drama. Campanella's first film role was as Mook, the Moon-Man in the 1949 science-fiction series ''Captain Video and His Video Rangers'' and went on to appear in more than 100 film and television episodes, usually playing the "tough guy". Campanella appeared as a bartender in Mel Brooks' '' The Producers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carmine Caridi
Carmine Caridi (January 23, 1934 – May 28, 2019) was an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974) and ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990). In 2004, Caridi became the first person to be expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Life and career Caridi's most notable film roles are Carmine Rosato in ''The Godfather Part II'' (1974) and Albert Volpe in ''The Godfather Part III'' (1990). He is one of three actors to play two different roles in the ''Godfather'' films, the others being Frank Sivero (who played a young Genco Abbandando in ''Godfather Part II'' and a bystander to the fight between Sonny Corleone and Carlo Rizzi in ''The Godfather''), and Sofia Coppola (who played Mary Corleone in ''Godfather Part III'' and the infant son of Carlo and Connie baptized in the final scenes of ''The Godfather'' as well as a child on the ship at the beginning of ''Godfather Part II''). Acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Santos
Joe Santos (born Joseph John Minieri Jr.; June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016) was an American film and television actor, best known as Sgt. Dennis Becker (later Lieutenant), the friend of James Garner's character on the NBC crime drama '' The Rockford Files''. Early years Santos was born in Brooklyn on June 9, 1931, the same day his father died. His mother Rose (née Sarno), sold olive oil and eventually became a nightclub owner and singer in New York City and Havana. She later married Puerto Rican-born Daniel Santos, and Joe took his name. Santos was a football player at Fordham University, and even turned semi-pro, before finding a new avenue in acting. He struggled in show business, and worked blue-collar jobs until his friend Al Pacino helped him get a role in the 1971 movie '' The Panic in Needle Park''. In the Korean War, Santos served in the United States Army. Career Santos had roles in a number of notable films of the early 1970s, including '' The Panic in N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hervé Villechaize
Hervé Jean-Pierre Villechaize (; April 23, 1943 – September 4, 1993) was a French actor. He is best known for his roles as the evil henchman Nick Nack in the 1974 James Bond film '' The Man with the Golden Gun'' and as Mr. Roarke's assistant, Tattoo, on the American television series '' Fantasy Island'' that he played from 1977 to 1983. On ''Fantasy Island'', his shout of " De plane! De plane!" became one of the show's signature phrases. He died by suicide in 1993. Early life Villechaize was born in Nazi-occupied Paris on April 23, 1943, to Evelyn, an Anglo-Italian socialite who was an ambulance driver during World War II and André Villechaize, a surgeon in Toulon. Villechaize also had German ancestry. The youngest of four sons, Villechaize was born with dwarfism, likely due to an endocrine disorder, which his surgeon father tried unsuccessfully to cure in several institutions. In later years, he insisted on being called a " midget" rather than a "dwarf", which annoyed h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chauffeur
A chauffeur () is a person employed to drive a passenger motor vehicle, especially a luxury vehicle such as a large sedan or a limousine. Initially, such drivers were often personal employees of the vehicle owner, but this has changed to specialist chauffeur service companies or individual drivers that provide both driver and vehicle for hire. Some service companies merely offer the driver. History The term ''chauffeur'' comes from the French term for stoker because the earliest automobiles, like their railroad and sea vessel counterparts, were steam-powered and required the driver to stoke the engine. The chauffeur also maintained the car, including routine maintenance and cleaning, and had to be a skilled mechanic to deal with breakdowns and tyre punctures en route, which were very common in the earliest years of the automobile. Only the wealthy could afford the first automobiles, and they generally employed chauffeurs rather than driving themselves. A 1906 article ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
