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In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.Read moreLess
In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
The story
In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
Cast & crew
Ruth GordonBecky Rosen
Lee StrasbergDavid Rosen
Eli MintzFriedman
Eddie BarthEli Rosen
Kim DelgadoStrut
Merwin GoldsmithCharley
Joe SilverLeo Rosen
Lillian RothRuth
Sammy CahnMorris
Janet LeighFlorence CohenExplore the crew
- Director
- Stephen Verona
- Writer
- Leigh Chapman
- Writer
- Stephen Verona
- Director of Photography
- Billy Williams
- Editor
- Thom Noble
- Producer
- George Willoughby
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Kamen
- Original Music Composer
- William Fischer
- Original Music Composer
- Rob Mounsey
- Original Music Composer
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson