The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)

Charlie and Paulie. Two dreamers fighting to get lucky.

Charlie and his troublesome cousin Paulie decide to steal $150,000 in order to back a "sure thing" race horse that Paulie has inside information on. The aftermath of the robbery gets them into serious trouble with the local Mafia boss and the corrupt New York City police department.

Action Comedy Crime sibling relationship based on novel or book mobster greenwich village

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Cast

Eric RobertsPaulie
Mickey RourkeCharlie
Daryl HannahDiane
Geraldine PageMrs. Ritter
Kenneth McMillanBarney
Tony MusantePete
M. Emmet WalshBurns
Burt YoungBed Bug Eddie
Jack KehoeBunky
Philip BoscoPaulie's Father

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Stuart RosenbergDirector
Vincent PatrickScreenplay
Vincent PatrickNovel
John BaileyDirector of Photography
Dave GrusinOriginal Music Composer
Robert BrownEditor
Gene KirkwoodProducer
Hawk KochProducer

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