Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making money in a legal fashion, Snaps sets about to keep his promise.
Acting
Stallone's physical comedy commitment is genuinely unhinged.
Production
Lavish 1931 sets that cost way more than this comedy deserved.
Writing
Claude Magnier's play structure—everyone's lying, nobody's listening.
Director
John Landis
Sylvester Stallone
Angelo "Snaps" Provolone
Marisa Tomei
Lisa Provolone
Vincent Spano
Anthony Rossano
Ornella Muti
Sofia Provolone
Tim Curry
Dr. Thornton Poole
Peter Riegert
Aldo
Chazz Palminteri
Connie
Martin Ferrero
Luigi Finucci
Harry Shearer
Guido Finucci
Kirk Douglas
Eduardo Provolone
Paul Greco
Schemer
Richard Foronjy
Knucky
Joey Travolta
Ace
Yvonne De Carlo
Aunt Rosa
Don Ameche
Father Clemente
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Stallone took a massive pay cut and deferred his salary to get this made—his passion project after Rocky V flopped. The film still bombed.
This was John Landis's attempt to recreate the success of Trading Places with another period piece, but audiences in 1991 wanted gritty mob dramas like Goodfellas, not slapstick ones.
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