paradise alley

Director: sylvester stallone

Actor: sylvester stallone,lee canalito,armand assante,frank mcrae

Data Published: Fri Sep 22 1978

Genres: Drama

Key Words: wrestling,new york,new york city,italian american,iceman

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078056/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Alley

Description: Paradise Alley is a movie starring Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, and Armand Assante. Three Italian-American brothers, living in the slums of 1940's New York City, try to help each other with one's wrestling career using one...

Plot: Victor, the youngest and largest of the Carboni brothers (Cosmo and Lenny are the other two), becomes a local wrestler (named Kid Salami) at the request of Cosmo, who thinks there is big money to be made. Lenny agrees to manage his career. They look to Victor to win enough matches so they can get out of Hell's Kitchen for good. (Victor wants to marry his Asian girlfriend and live on a houseboat they plan to buy in New Jersey.) Each brother has his own style. Cosmo is a hustler and con-artist, always looking for the next easy buck. Lenny is the former war hero, now an undertaker who came back to the neighborhood with a limp and a bitter attitude. Victor is a gawky, strong, dumb yet sincere hulk of a man, who leaves his job hauling ice up tenement stairways once he is persuaded to become a wrestler. Initially, it is Cosmo that dominates the proceedings, aggressively encouraging Victor to wrestle against the wishes of his girlfriend. Lenny is at first unsure of all this, and constantly tries to warn off Victor, reminding him that he could get hurt. As the story progresses, the roles begin to reverse. Cosmo becomes concerned for Victor's welfare and feels guilty about getting him into this while Lenny becomes ever more keen to exploit Victor as far as he can. Lenny seems to undergo a complete personality change, losing his cool demeanor and becoming an aggressive, manipulative high roller. In the end, Victor wins a big wrestling match in a rainstorm and the brothers are reunited.