A curiosity featuring the very young Robert De Niro as Sammy Nicoletti, seen in a prologue and then in flashbacks throughout, chatting on the phone and screening a nudie movie on a flatbed moviola (shades of TAXI DRIVER, if you have a particularly flexible imagination) before an mysterious intruder creeps in and murders him.
The rest of the movie unfolds "ten years later," as Sammy's brother, Vito (Anthony Charnota), gets out of jail and vows before the graves of his late mother and brother that he'll find the man who killed Sammy. He also learns from the caretaker that a beautiful woman visits Sammy's grave every Thursday and leaves flower. Vito pays a vis...
Released:
1980
Rated:
R
Length:
84 mins