Paradise Alley

Name: Paradise Alley
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1978-09-22
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Frank McRae, Anne Archer

The Carboni Boys. They haul ice, lay out stiffs and dance with monkeys.

Paradise Alley (1978)

Timing: 1:47 (107 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film Paradise Alley — Original Trailer

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Release date

1978-09-22

Country

United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Force Ten Productions

Genre

Action, Drama

Budget

$6 000 000

Box office

$7 185 518

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Director

Sylvester Stallone

Actors

Sylvester Stallone, Lee Canalito, Armand Assante, Frank McRae, Anne Archer, Kevin Conway, Terry Funk, Joyce Ingalls, Joe Spinell, Aimée Eccles
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Sylvester Stallone

Producer

Jeff Wald, Ronald A. Suppa, John F. Roach, Edward R. Pressman

Camera operator

László Kovács

Composer

Bill Conti

Artist

John W. Corso

Audition

Caro Jones

Editing

Eve Newman
Whole Team (17)

Short description

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 brother's promotional skills and another brother's con-artist tactics to thwart a sleazy manager.

What's left behind the scenes

Initially, Sylvester Stallone wanted all the main characters to be African American. He only managed to secure funding for the film when he agreed to star in it himself and made all the main characters Italian American.
As in the film «Rocky», Sylvester Stallone's own brother, Frank Stallone, played the singer.
Sylvester Stallone wrote the film's screenplay even before he wrote the screenplay for the sports drama «Rocky» (1976), but this story did not attract any of the producers Stallone approached for a long time. Only after the resounding success of «Rocky» did producers agree to look at the screenplay, and the film company «Universal Pictures» gave the green light to filming.
While working on this film, Sylvester Stallone was a novice director, so it happened several times that both the actors and the crew were ready to shoot a scene, but couldn't start because Stallone forgot to say "Action!"
Initially, "Nighthawk" was significantly longer, but the film had to be cut at the insistence of the film company Universal Pictures. According to Stallone himself, he cut a total of 40 scenes, 10 of which were later returned to the film for television release.
Just as in the movie 'Rocky,' Sylvester Stallone's biological brother, Frank Stallone, played a singer.
Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay for the film even before he wrote the sports drama 'Rocky' (1976), but for a long time, this story failed to attract any of the producers Stallone approached. Only after the dizzying success of 'Rocky' did producers agree to look at the script, and Universal Pictures gave the green light for filming.
While working on this film, Sylvester Stallone was a novice director, so there were several instances where both the actors and the crew were ready to shoot a particular scene but couldn't start because Stallone forgot to call 'Action!'
Initially, Sylvester Stallone wanted all the main characters to be African American. He was only able to secure funding for the film when he agreed to star in it himself and changed all the main characters to be of Italian-American descent.
Originally, 'Paradise Alley' was significantly longer, and the film had to be cut at the insistence of Universal Pictures. According to Stallone himself, he cut a total of 40 scenes, 10 of which were later restored for the television release.