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Boardwalk movie storyline. 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.
Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh. The film is about the Rosen family and their struggle with a gang terrorizing their Coney Island neighborhood. It was filmed on location at numerous spots in New York city, including the famous but now defunct Dubrow’s Cafeteria.
It was written by Leigh Chapman and Verona, who were a couple at the time. Chapman later recalled the film as “Amateurish? boring? Strasberg [was] a dreadful actor… I give V[erona] credit for tenacity… [a] British investor who put up the money for the film. He was one of those “commoner” Brits who created a travel agency and made a lot of money. I don’t know how Verona met him or conned him into putting up the money.”
Boardwalk (1979)
Directed by: Stephen Verona
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg, Janet Leigh, Joe Silver, Eddie Barth, Michael Ayr, Forbesy Russell, Chevi Colton, Teri Keane, Rashel Novikoff, Lillian Roth, Ramón Franco
Screenplay by: Leigh Chapman, Stephen Verona
Production Design by: Glenda Ganis
Cinematography by: Billy Williams
Film Editing by: Thom Noble
Costume Design by: Betsy Jones
Set Decoration by: Caryl Heller
Music by: William S. Fischer, Michael Kamen, Rob Mounsey, Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Release Date: November 14, 1979
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