Boardwalk (1979)
98 min
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.
- Release date
- November 14, 1979
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Ruth Gordon as Becky Rosen
- Lee Strasberg as David Rosen
- Janet Leigh as Florence Cohen
- Joe Silver as Leo Rosen
- Eddie Barth as Eli Rosen
- Merwin Goldsmith as Charley
- Michael Robert Murphy as Peter
- Forbesy Russell as Marilyn
- Chevi Colton as Vera Rosen
- Teri Keane as Betty Rosen
Crew
- Stephen Verona · Director
- Leigh Chapman · Writer
- Stephen Verona · Writer
- George Willoughby · Producer
- William Fischer · Composer
- Michael Kamen · Composer
- Rob Mounsey · Composer
- Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson · Composer
- Billy Williams · Cinematographer
- Thom Noble · Editor
- Barbara Claman · Casting director
- Phyllis Kasha · Casting director
- Glenda Ganis · Production designer