

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.
Directed by Stephen Verona
User score
4 votes

Released
November 14, 1979
1h 38m
English

Ruth Gordon
Becky Rosen

Lee Strasberg
David Rosen

Eli Mintz
Friedman

Eddie Barth
Eli Rosen

Kim Delgado
Strut

Merwin Goldsmith
Charley

Joe Silver
Leo Rosen

Lillian Roth
Ruth

Sammy Cahn
Morris

Janet Leigh
Florence Cohen
Chevi Colton
Vera Rosen
Teri Keane
Betty Rosen

Rashel Novikoff
Sadie
Nat Polen
Dr. Rothbart

Antonia Rey
Carmelita

Michael Robert Murphy
Peter
Forbesy Russell
Marilyn
Harold Gary
Morgenstern

Altovise Davis
Mrs. Bell

Linda Manz
Girl Satan