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Louis Guss
Actor 1918 - 2008

Louis Guss

New York, New York

Louis Guss was an American character actor with a long line of screen credits, having appeared in hundreds of TV series, feature films and stage productions, specializing in blue-collar ethnic roles, over a five decade career.

Filmography

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14 titles
The Yards

The Yards

James Gray 2000 1h 55m 6.7

In the rail yards of Queens, contractors repair and rebuild the city's subway cars. These contracts are lucrative, so graft and corruption are rife. When Leo Handler gets out of prison, he finds his aunt married to Frank Olchin, one of the big contractors; he's battling with a minority-owned firm for contracts.

The Crew

The Crew

Michael Dinner 2000 1h 28m 5.5

Four retired mobsters plan one last crime to save their retirement home.

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

Sidney Lumet 1996 1h 53m 6.3

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Moonstruck

Moonstruck

Norman Jewison 1987 1h 42m 7.1

Cher is devastatingly funny, sinuous and beautiful as Loretta, an unlucky-in-love Italian widow who finds romance through the intervention of the Manhattan moon. With her wedding to a close friend just weeks away, she meets - and falls hopelessly in love with - his younger brother (Cage)!

Seize the Day

Seize the Day

Fielder Cook 1986 1h 33m

Tommy Wilhelm is a good honest man who's fallen on hard times after losing his job, but what really gets to Tommy is seeing both his friends and family turning their backs on him one after the other. He tries to seize the day - in vain.

Highlander

Highlander

Russell Mulcahy 1986 1h 56m 7.5

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.

New York, New York

New York, New York

Martin Scorsese 1977 2h 43m 7.5
Fun with Dick and Jane

Fun with Dick and Jane

Ted Kotcheff 1977 1h 35m 6.5
No Deposit, No Return

No Deposit, No Return

Norman Tokar 1976 1h 52m 5.0

Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of the plan.

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

Peter Bogdanovich 1976 2h 6m 5.0

Going from a lawyer to a writer, and then to a film director, is the career path on which we find the bashful Leo Harrigan. But Leo has problems as well, such as being hopelessly smitten with his leading lady, who chooses to reward his attentions by getting herself hitched to Harrigan's vulgar leading man, Buck Greenaway!

The Super Cops

The Super Cops

Gordon Parks 1974 1h 30m 6.0

Two New York City cops. Greenberg and Hantz fought the system, became detectives and were known on the streets as "Batman and Robin".

Harry and Tonto

Harry and Tonto

Paul Mazursky 1974 1h 55m

Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life.

Crazy Joe

Crazy Joe

Carlo Lizzani 1974 1h 42m 6.0

The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.

The Godfather

The Godfather

Francis Ford Coppola 1972 2h 55m 9.0

The classic star-studded film from the brilliant direction of Francis Ford Coppola tells the saga of New York mafia family’s everyday life. The film from 1972 became the new ultimate gangster film in the new Hollywood movement.

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