Frank Tramontana, a hearse driver who unwittingly gets drawn into a scheme his co-workers have concocted for a series of unfortunate "accidents" designed to clean up the neighborhood and fill their funeral parlor with much needed customers.
Acting
Danny Aiello's last leading role, still commanding every scene.
Practical Effects
Grimy Rhode Island locations that smell like actual embalming fluid.
Director
Frank Ciota
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Danny Aiello's final leading role before his 2019 death; he reportedly loved the absurdity of a mob-adjacent funeral comedy.
The 'funeral home struggling for customers' premise oddly predicted the 2020s decline of the American funeral industry as cremation rates soared.
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