Paradise Alley (1978)
- Starring:
- Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Conway, (more)
- Director(s):
- Sylvester Stallone
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
My RatingSynopsis of Paradise Alley
Film auteur Sylvester Stallone wrote, directed, and stars in this re-working of Rocky to fit an old-fashioned Hollywood formula, depicting three brothers from New York's Hell's Kitchen of the 1940s who want to claw their way out of poverty. Lee Canalito is the muscle-brained iceman Victor, and Armand Assante is the embittered, crippled war veteran Lenny. But the smooth-talking con man brother Cosmo (Sylvester Stallone), sees beef-cake Victor's fists as their ticket out of the slums. Cosmo, ever the manipulator, convinces the dull-witted Victor to participate in a series of bone-crunching wrestling matches as Kid Salami. Cosmo and Lenny exploit Victor's brute strength to grab the fast money on the wrestling circuit. But their climb to success is halted when the local gangster Stitch (Kevin Conway) puts up his malicious and dangerous wrestler Frankie the Thumper (Terry Funk) to fight against Kid Salami in a 22-round meat-pounder. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 98 mins
Complete Cast of Paradise Alley
- Sylvester Stallone - Cosmo Carboni
- Anne Archer - Annie
- Joe Spinell - Burp
- Tom Waits - Mumbles
- Terry Funk - Franky the Thumper
- Frank McRae - Big Glory
- Ray Sharkey - Legs
- John Monks, Jr. - Mickey, the Bartender
- Chick Casey - Doorman
- Jeff Wald - Sticky
- Dick Murdoch - Wrestler
- Frank Stallone - Singer
- Patricia Spann - Bar Room Hooker
- Lydia Goya - Paradise Alley Hooker
- Paul Mace - Rat
- Kevin Conway - Stich
- Armand Assante - Lenny
- Lee Canalito - Victor
- Aimee Eccles - Susan Chow
- Joyce Ingalls - Bunchie
- Fredi O. Gordon - Hooker in Bar
- John Zenda - Wrestler
- James J. Casino - Paradise Alley Bartender
- Ray Stevens - Wrestler
- Jay York - Wrestler
- Pamela Miller - Vonny
- Ted di Biase - Wrestler
- Stuart K. Robinson - Towel Boy
- Frank Pesce - Skinny the Hand
- Director(s):
- Sylvester Stallone
- Writer(s):
- Sylvester Stallone
- Producer(s):
- Ronald A. Suppa, Arthur Chobanian, Edward R. Pressman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children, Adult Situations)
- Looking for special editions of Paradise Alley?
- See All Versions
- Subtitles:
- Check All Versions
- Closed Captioning:
- Check All Versions








