Baccala is the rich, powerful mob boss of Brooklyn. His subordinate Kid Sally Palumbo (Jerry Orbach) hates getting cut out of the money and being disrespected. Baccala assigns him to supervise a six day bicycle race which is important for the Italian community. Mario Trantino (Robert De Niro) is one of the racers from the old country. He is coupled with Kid Sally's sister Angela.
This is an odd mix of very broad comedy, and an indie mobster movie. I wouldn't mind the indie mobster movie. The very broad comedy almost never works. The story telling is messy and there's a lion. I would cut out the bicycle thing. De Niro should simply be a young hustler from the old country. It is interesting to see him before he joined Scorsese and the early 70's NYC style. It does need to cut the attempted comedy and clarify the script.
This is an odd mix of very broad comedy, and an indie mobster movie. I wouldn't mind the indie mobster movie. The very broad comedy almost never works. The story telling is messy and there's a lion. I would cut out the bicycle thing. De Niro should simply be a young hustler from the old country. It is interesting to see him before he joined Scorsese and the early 70's NYC style. It does need to cut the attempted comedy and clarify the script.