For his part, King decided to follow Method acting: “Stephen Verona would never have cast a Yale graduate to play Chico, so I stayed in character, and halfway through the film I told him (in thick Brooklyn drawl): “Hey Steven, you realize you cast two Yale graduates as your hoods?” He thought I was kidding!” And Butchey may be smart enough to escape Flatbush, but he hides his intelligence behind his leather jacket.įunny enough, both Winkler and King were Yale graduates playing Brooklyn tough guys. Stanley gets pressured into marrying his girlfiend Frannie (Maria Smith, Concepcion from The Incredible Shrinking Woman) despite the fact that she may have lied about being pregnant. Chico just wants to win the heart of Jane (Susan Blakely, Capone, The Concorde … Airport ’79, Over the Top and Dream A Little Dream), who seemingly wants nothing to do with him. This film is an episodic look at their lives. The four Lords - Chico Tyrell (Perry King), Stanley Rosiello (Stallone), Butchey Weinstein (Winkler) and Wimpy Murgalo (Paul Mace, Rat from Paradise Alley) - chase girls, shoot pool, loiter at the malt shop and steal cars together. This movie is one of the first that introduced both Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler to a wide audience, as well as the debut film role for Armand Assante. It was written and co-directed by Stephen Verona, who years later would direct the astounding exercise video Angela Lansbury’s Positive Moves.
You may not know him from the John Ritter vehicle Hero at Large. You may know him better from Eddie and the Cruisers. Martin Davidson made his directorial debut with this film.
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