Danny Aiello — Actor (29)
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White Hot (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
White Hot
director: Robby Benson actor: Robby Benson / Tawny Kitaen …
other title: Unter Druck / Crack …
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been an honest and clean of drugs, but when he spends his days surrounded by riches and drugs, he cannot resist... and neither can his addict wife.
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The Preppie Murder (1989) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Preppie Murder
director: John Herzfeld actor: Danny Aiello / William Baldwin …
This is the story of a young woman who was found dead. Now the police investigate, and evidence points to a man she was seen leaving a party with. Now when questioned, he claims that her death was accidental, as a result of rough sex. Now her family doesn't believe this, so they press the district attorney's office to try him for murder, but he has a good lawyer who plays his defense right down to putting the dead girl on trial.
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The Closer (1990) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Closer
director: Dimitri Logothetis actor: Danny Aiello / James Karen …
The story follows a skilled negotiator, an expert at closing difficult deals, who becomes entangled in a complex web of deception, manipulation, and power while trying to maintain his position in an environment where ambition and betrayal are commonplace. A film about themes such as morality in business, the pressure of success, and how far someone is willing to compromise their principles for money and control.
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Mistress (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Mistress
director: Barry Primus actor: Robert Wuhl / Martin Landau …
other title: Amanti, primedonne / Hollywood Mistress …
A comedy about a screenwriter (Wuhl) whose old movie script is read by a producer (Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (Aiello, DeNiro, Wallach) has his own mistress that he wants put into the film. Gradually, the screenwriter is forced to make changes to his script to accommodate these backers until he finally sees no semblance of his original ideas in the writing.
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The Pickle (1993) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Pickle
director: Paul Mazursky actor: Danny Aiello / Dyan Cannon …
other title: Buona fortuna Mr. Stone / Stage Fright – Eine Gurke erobert Hollywood …
Harry Stone always dreamed of making "The Great American Movie." Instead, he made "The Pickle" - a teenage sci-fi flick about a flying cucumber. Harry just wanted to get out of debt; now everyone he's ever known, loved and neglected is standing in line for tickets.
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Dinner Rush (2000) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Dinner Rush
director: Bob Giraldi actor: Danny Aiello / Polly Draper …
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
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Man on Fire (1987) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Man on Fire
director: Élie Chouraqui actor: Scott Glenn / Jade Malle …
other title: Kidnapping: pericolo in agguato / Rasto de Fogo …
Creasy, a traumatized ex-CIA agent, gets a job as a bodyguard for Samantha, the twelve-year-old daughter of a wealthy Italian family living in a swanky villa on the shores of Lake Como.
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Deathmask (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Death Mask
director: Richard Friedman actor: Farley Granger / Lee Bryant …
other title: Masque de mort / Death Mask
Haunted by the drowning death of his own daughter, a police investigator embarks on an obsessive 10-year hunt for the identity of a dead boy, to the detriment of his family life.
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The Last Big Save (2019) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Last Big Save
director: Frank D'Angelo actor: Dominique Swain / Michael Paré …
A professional hockey player who is only happy when he is miserable signs a long-term contract that covers his entire career only to ruin it in his first year due to substance abuse and alcoholism. He rides his good luck in the final month of the final year of his contract when he gets a last chance at redemption in the seventh game of the finals.
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City Hall (1996) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
City Hall
director: Harold Becker actor: Al Pacino / John Cusack …
other title: City Hall - Conspiração no Alto Escalão / City Hall (La sombra de la corrupción)
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
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The Protector (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Protector
director: James Glickenhaus actor: Jackie Chan / Danny Aiello …
other title: O Protetor / Der Protector …
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
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Fingers (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Fingers
director: James Toback actor: Harvey Keitel / Tisa Farrow …
other title: Rapsodia per un killer / Finger - zärtlich und brutal …
A wanna-be concert pianist spends his days making a living by collecting debts for his Mafioso father, a lifestyle that could eventually ruin his dreams of a musical career.
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Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Fort Apache, the Bronx
director: Daniel Petrie actor: Ed Asner / Paul Newman …
other title: Bronx 41º distretto di polizia / The Bronx …
From the sight of a police officer this movie depicts the life in New York's infamous South Bronx. In the center is "Fort Apache", as the officers call their police station, which really seems like an outpost in enemy's country. The story follows officer Murphy, who seems to be a tuff cynic, but in truth he's a moralist with a sense for justice.
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The Stuff (1985) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Stuff
director: Larry Cohen actor: Michael Moriarty / Andrea Marcovicci …
other title: Stuff - Il gelato che uccide / A Coisa …
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dessert product that is blowing ice cream sales out of the water. Nobody knows how it’s made or what’s in it, but people are lining up to buy it. It's got a delicious flavor to die for!
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Harlem Nights (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Harlem Nights
director: Eddie Murphy actor: Eddie Murphy / Richard Pryor …
other title: Les Nuits de Harlem / Noches de Harlem
'Sugar' Ray is the owner of an illegal casino and must contend with the pressure of vicious gangsters and corrupt police who want to see him go out of business. In the world of organised crime and police corruption in the 1920s, any dastardly trick is fair.