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Frank Pesce
Actor 1946 - 2022

Frank Pesce

New York City, New York, USA

Frank Pesce (December 8, 1946 – February 6, 2022) was an American film and television actor. Born in New York City, Pesce was the son of two working-class Italian parents. Pesce started his film career as an extra in The Godfather Part II, and got his first credited role in... Read full bio →

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Creed

Creed

Ryan Coogler 2015 2h 13m 7.6

The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed.

The Expendables 3

The Expendables 3

Patrick Hughes 2014 2h 6m 6.2

Barney, Christmas and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks, who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought.

Reach Me

Reach Me

John Herzfeld 2014 1h 35m

Each member of a group of people has a connection to a self-help book authored by a reclusive former football coach.

Grudge Match

Grudge Match

Peter Segal 2013 1h 53m 6.9

A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

Tower Heist

Tower Heist

Brett Ratner 2011 1h 44m 5.8

A luxury condo manager leads a staff of workers to seek payback on the Wall Street swindler who defrauded them. With only days until the billionaire gets away with the perfect crime, the unlikely crew of amateur thieves enlists the help of petty crook Slide to steal the $20 million they’re sure is hidden in the penthouse.

The Whole Ten Yards

The Whole Ten Yards

Howard Deutch 2004 1h 38m 5.4

Jimmy "The Tulip" Tudeski now spends his days compulsively cleaning his house and perfecting his culinary skills with his wife, Jill, a purported assassin who has yet to pull off a clean hit.

Night Vision

Night Vision

Gil Bettman 1997 1h 33m 4.0

A homicide investigator goes after a media-obsessed serial murderer who videotapes his victims's deaths

Donnie Brasco

Donnie Brasco

Mike Newell 1997 2h 7m 8.1

An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.

Uncle Sam

Uncle Sam

William Lustig 1996 1h 30m 5.0

It's Fourth of July Weekend, and the recently discovered corpse of Sgt. Sam Harper rises from the dead to punish the unpatriotic.

Trapped in Paradise

Trapped in Paradise

George Gallo 1994 1h 51m 6.0

Residents of a friendly Pennsylvania town foil three brothers' plan to rob a bank on Christmas Eve.

Ice

Ice

Brook Yeaton 1994 1h 31m 3.0

A married couple of cat burglars scheme to rob a set of stolen diamonds from the local mafia only to be hampered by persistent police detectives, another scam artist, and a rival mob group.

Another Midnight Run

Another Midnight Run

James Frawley 1994 1h 32m

Jack Walsh tries to track down two of the top con-artists around. But they know every trick in the book and Jack has trouble bringing them back to LA and getting a $45,000 pay day reward.

Mirror Images II

Mirror Images II

Gregory Dark 1993 1h 32m

Shannon Whirry stars as Carrie and Terrie, a pair of twins who were separated in youth when their father murdered their mother and was in turn killed by his own bad twin daughter. Now the sweet-natured "good" sister has grown up to marry an abusive louse.

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence

Alan Smithee, William Lustig 1993 1h 25m 4.0

A female cop is gunned down and wrongly accused of using excessive force in a hostage rescue attempt. Maniac cop returns from the dead once more to seek revenge, destroying everthing and anyone that stands in his way.

Ring of the Musketeers

Ring of the Musketeers

1992

Modern day "Musketeers" attempt to become protectors of the inocent. While the biking trio rescue kindnapped children, guard witnesses, and chase mafia types, they also seek the missing fourth musketeer, who wears the famous musketeers' ring.

Steel and Lace

Steel and Lace

Ernest Farino 1991 1h 34m 5.0

A rape victim returns from the dead to seek vengeance on her rapists.

29th Street

29th Street

George Gallo 1991 1h 41m

Frank's been lucky from the day he was born. So why's he throwing rocks at a church after winning $6,200,000 in 1976 NYC lottery? He tells his story at the police station.

Maniac Cop 2

Maniac Cop 2

William Lustig 1990 1h 27m 4.7

A supernatural, maniac killer cop teams up with a Times Square serial killer.

The Cover Girl and the Cop

The Cover Girl and the Cop

Neal Israel 1989 1h 33m 3.0

Jackie, an actress/model stumbles upon the murder of a government official and can identify one of the killers. Fabricating a stalker, she gets police protection in the form of Denise Danielovitch, a female cop who never gets to work on the big cases.

Lock Up

Lock Up

John Flynn 1989 1h 49m 6.2

Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by Leone, and has now arrived on the scene to ensure that Leone never sees the light of day.

Midnight Run

Midnight Run

Martin Brest 1988 2h 6m 7.2
Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop

William Lustig 1988 1h 25m 6.5

In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police searches and finds a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, turned in by his own wife. To prove his innocence, he has to investigate on his own.

Cameron's Closet

Cameron's Closet

Armand Mastroianni 1988 1h 27m

A father (Tab Hunter) who experiments with his son's (Scott Curtis) psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II

Tony Scott 1987 1h 43m 6.1

The second Beverly Hills Cop film starring Eddie Murphy back as the police officer Axel Foley. Once again the Detroit cop is sent to Beverly Hills; this time Axel along with Friends John Taggart and Billy Rosewood try to track down the man behind the “Alphabet Robberies.”

Top Gun

Top Gun

Tony Scott 1986 1h 50m 7.0

For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.

Beverly Hills Cop

Beverly Hills Cop

Martin Brest 1984 1h 45m 7.2

Beverly Hills Cops gave Eddie Murphy his biggest breakthrough as to being one of the biggest superstars of the 1980’s. Quoted by some to be one of the funniest movies off all time. This action/comedy cop movie tells the story of Detroit cop Axel Foley.

Vigilante

Vigilante

William Lustig 1983 1h 30m 6.7

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino (Robert Forster, Oscar nominee for JACKIE BROWN) is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. But when a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, Eddie goes berserk and vows revenge.

Flashdance

Flashdance

Adrian Lyne 1983 1h 35m 5.6

The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack with an Oscar winning song.

Eureka

Eureka

Nicolas Roeg 1983 2h 10m 6.0

The best minds in the US are tucked away in a remote town where they build futuristic inventions for the government's benefit.

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

Garry Marshall 1982 1h 35m 3.5

An 'Airplane!'-style spoof of hospital soap operas—a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; and there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman.

Maniac

Maniac

William Lustig 1980 1h 28m 6.8

A schizoid serial killer randomly stalks and kills various young women in New York, which he sees as revenge for the mistreatment he got while being raised by his own abusive mother.

American Gigolo

American Gigolo

Paul Schrader 1980 1h 57m 5.9

Atlantis is more visual art than nature film and a 'must see' for any Luc Besson fan. The film captures the feel of what it's actually like to swim underwater better than any film I've ever seen, perfectly illustrating the form and texture of sea water. Beautiful. Highly recommended for anyone interested in visual arts or diving.

Killer Fish

Killer Fish

Antonio Margheriti 1979 1h 40m 4.0

Jewel thieves attempt to recover treasure from piranha infested waters. Mistrust and betrayals happen amongst the gang in the quest for gold.

Paradise Alley

Paradise Alley

Sylvester Stallone 1978 1h 47m

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.

Sorcerer

Sorcerer

William Friedkin 1977 2h 2m 7.9

Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

Rocky

Rocky

John G. Avildsen 1976 2h 7.7

A small time boxer gets a once in a lifetime chance to fight the heavyweight champ in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect.

The Godfather: Part II

The Godfather: Part II

Francis Ford Coppola 1974 3h 22m 9.0

After the extraordinary success of the first Godfather film came this second saga of the New York mafia family. This mafia epic tells the story of Michael Corleone and his father Vito.

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