Production
Depression-era sets that smell like wet wool and desperation.
Acting
Pesci's weirdly tender turn as a human cockroach with a camera.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched streets that lick the screen.
Director
Howard Franklin
Joe Pesci
Leon Bernstein
Barbara Hershey
Kay Levitz
Stanley Tucci
Sal
Jerry Adler
Arthur Nabler
Dominic Chianese
Spoleto
Richard Riehle
Officer O'Brien
Max Brooks
Teen at Thompson Street
Richard Schiff
Photographer - Thompson Street
Laura Cerón
Puerto Rican Woman
Christian Stolte
Ambulance Attendant
Jack Denbo
Photo Editor
Ellen McElduff
Lonely Woman at Drugstore
Marge Kotlisky
Rineman's Receptionist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig, the real NYC crime photographer who kept a portable darkroom in his car and slept in cinemas.
This was Howard Franklin's directorial debut after co-writing 'Quick Change' with Bill Murray—explaining the pitch-black comedy bleeding through.
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