Movies by Vincent Gardenia
As part of the cast:
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The Super (1991)
Cast: Joe Pesci, Vincent Gardenia, Madolyn Smith Osborne …
Directed by: Rod Daniel
Louie (Joe Pesci) is an unrepentant New York slum landlord who's given four months to repair one of his crumbling apartment blocks. But Louie's big problem is that he must live in…
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Reading Rainbow: Man's Best Friend (1991)
Cast: Vincent Gardenia, Alisa Reyes, LeVar Burton …
A pair of memorable mutts stars in a double dog dose of classic episodes from the "Reading Rainbow" children's series, hosted and narrated by LeVar Burton. Featured books in this…
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Skin Deep (1989)
Cast: John Ritter, Vincent Gardenia, Alyson Reed …
Directed by: Blake Edwards
In this wildly farcical film, Zach (John Ritter) is an unemployed writer whose life is spiraling out of control. He suffers from writer's block, drinks too much and is an obsessive…
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Age Old Friends (1989)
Cast: Hume Cronyn, Tandy Cronyn, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Allan Kroeker
Hume Cronyn and Vincent Gardenia earned Emmys for their superb performances in this made-for-cable feature about growing old with dignity. The story centers on feisty John Cooper (Cronyn),…
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Moonstruck (1987)
Cast: Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
In this slice-of-life comedy about the Italian American residents of a Brooklyn neighborhood, an independent-minded widow falls in love with a one-handed misfit baker, much to the chagrin of…
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Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Cast: Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Frank Oz
Plant yourself in front of the tube and veg out with Frank Oz's horticultural horror flick. Gawky Seymour Krelborn looking for a way to save his job in a ramshackle, skid row flower…
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Movers & Shakers (1985)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: William Asher
Bigwig Hollywood producer Joe Mulholland (Walter Matthau) finds himself in way over his head when, in an attempt to fulfill a promise he made to a dying friend, sets out to make a movie…
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Brass (1985)
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Lois Nettleton, Samuel E. Wright …
Directed by: Corey Allen
While trying to protect a friend and colleague who's facing possible dismissal, NYPD chief of detectives Frank Nolan (Carroll O'Connor) ventures into the city personally to…
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Death Wish 2 (1982)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Charles Bronson slips back into the role of stoic crime-fighter Paul Kersey. This time, he contends with street thugs in his new home city, Los Angeles. After mugging Paul, the thugs break…
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The Last Flight of Noah's Ark (1980)
Cast: Elliott Gould, Geneviève Bujold, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Charles Jarrott
With a pair of no-nonsense gambling bookies hot on his heels, down-and-out pilot Noah Dugan (Elliott Gould) is forced to take a job transporting a missionary (Geneviève Bujold) and her…
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Home Movies (1980)
Cast: Nancy Allen, Mary Davenport, Kirk Douglas …
Directed by: Brian De Palma
Struggling to find his identity, Denis Byrd (Keith Gordon) enlists in a course called Star Therapy, led by an eccentric professor named Dr. Tuttle (Kirk Douglas) who encourages his students…
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Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason …
Directed by: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
An angel -- The Escort (Buck Henry) -- pulls quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) out of his body before his time, so the forces that be decide on Joe's reincarnation: a vicious…
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Moving / Greased Lightning (1977)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Randy Quaid, John Wesley …
Directed by: Michael Schultz, Alan Metter
Comic titan Richard Pryor shines in this eclectic double feature, playing a family man facing a daunting upheaval in the 1988 comedy Moving and a pioneering stock-car racer in the 1977 biopic…
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Greased Lightning (1977)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges, Pam Grier …
Directed by: Michael Schultz
Richard Pryor gives a critically acclaimed performance as real-life driver Wendell Scott in this action comedy about the first black competitor to break the color barrier in the stock-car…
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The Big Racket (1976)
Cast: Fabio Testi, Vincent Gardenia, Renzo Palmer …
Directed by: Enzo G. Castellari
Sent to a small Italian village to look into an extortion case, officer Nico Palmieri (Fabio Testi) finds the townsfolk -- bullied by drug lords and thugs -- reluctant to talk. Things really…
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Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
Cast: Gabriel Dell, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall …
Directed by: Dean Hargrove
Former Dead End Kid Gabriel Dell stars in this caper spoof as Malcolm, a trailer park-dwelling private eye who performs genetic experiments in his spare time. When a town's milkman is…
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The Front Page (1974)
Cast: Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Susan Sarandon …
Directed by: Billy Wilder
Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau play battling newspapermen in 1920s Chicago in this fast-paced version of the comedy classic from director Billy Wilder. Lemmon is ace reporter Hildy Johnson…
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Death Wish (1974)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: Michael Winner
While New York City architect Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) is away from home, drug addicts break into his house and brutally murder his wife, Joanna (Hope Lange), and rape his daughter until…
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Bang the Drum Slowly (1973)
Cast: Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia …
Directed by: John D. Hancock
Bruce Pearson (Robert De Niro) is a dedicated baseball player who's hiding a secret: He has Hodgkin's disease. His only confidante is the team's star pitcher, Henry Wiggin…
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Little Murders (1971)
Cast: Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia …
Alan Arkin makes his directorial debut in this satire based on a play by Jules Feiffer. Unemotional photographer Alfred Chamberlain (Elliott Gould) meets inspirational Patsy Newquist (Marcia…
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Where's Poppa? (1970)
Cast: George Segal, Ruth Gordon, Trish Van Devere …
Directed by: Carl Reiner
Dutiful Gordon (George Segal) promised to never put his mother (Ruth Gordon) in a home -- but that was before she was ruining his love life. Now, out of options and with the girl of his…
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Murder, Inc. (1960)
Cast: Stuart Whitman, May Britt, Henry Morgan …
Directed by: Burt Balaban, Stuart Rosenberg
In the wake of Prohibition, violent gangsters are finding work as racketeers and contract killers, and one particular group -- known menacingly as Murder, Inc. -- is terrorizing Brooklyn with…
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Studio One: Sentence of Death / The Night America Trembled (1948)
Cast: Ed Asner, Edward Asner, Warren Beatty …
Directed by: Paul Nickell
One of the superb live series from the golden age of television, "Studio One" featured both famous actors and future stars. These two installments include "Sentence of Death," starring an…