Fighting Back (1982)
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An Italian deli owner (Tom Skerritt) gets fed up with the petty hoodlums in his south Philadelphia neighborhood who have been terrorizing his friends. He decides to form a neighborhood watch group to fight off the crooks. While his intentions are the very best, the group of vigilantes he forms resorts to beating up offenders before bothering to call the police, the police themselves are irritated that the citizens are interfering, and the deli owner starts to like the publicity he is getting for his vigilante work. As things unravel, a television news crew is there to present all sides of the story. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Tom Skerritt, Patti LuPone, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lewis Teague
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
Synopsis of Fighting Back
An Italian deli owner (Tom Skerritt) gets fed up with the petty hoodlums in his south Philadelphia neighborhood who have been terrorizing his friends. He decides to form a neighborhood watch group to fight off the crooks. While his intentions are the very best, the group of vigilantes he forms resorts to beating up offenders before bothering to call the police, the police themselves are irritated that the citizens are interfering, and the deli owner starts to like the publicity he is getting for his vigilante work. As things unravel, a television news crew is there to present all sides of the story. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Fighting Back
- Tom Skerritt - John D'Angelo
- Michael Sarrazin - Vince Morelli
- David Rasche - Michael Taylor
- Donna de Varona - Sara Rogers
- Pat Cooper - Harry Janelli
- Jim Moody
- Frank Sivero
- Lewis van Bergen
- Patti LuPone - Lisa D'Angelo
- Yaphet Kotto - Ivanhoe Washington
- Ted Ross
- Gina de Angelis - Vera D'Angelo
- Joe Ragno
- Sal Richards
- Jim Lovelett
- Director(s):
- Lewis Teague
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Hedley, Jr., David Zelag Goodman
- Producer(s):
- D. Constantine Conte, Dino de Laurentiis
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Not For Children, Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Graphic Violence)
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