Charley Partanna is a hit man for a New York crime organization headed by the elderly Don Corrado Prizzi. The Prizzis are a powerful family of mobsters, as devoted to their code of honor as they are to bending laws and breaking skulls. Charley on the other hand, is not quite so honorable, at least where affairs of the heart are concerned. While attending a mob wedding, he throws over his longtime sweetheart Maerose Prizzi in favor of gorgeous Irene Walker. Supposedly a tax consultant, Irene is actually a paid killer like Charley--and this endears her to him all the more. But when it turns out that Irene has betrayed the Prizzis, Charley finds himself in a dilemma: does he kill Irene or marry her? Fortuitously, Irene helps Charley make up his mind by attempting to kill him.
Cast: Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner
Crew: John Huston (Director), Andrzej Bartkowiak (Director of Photography), Alex North (Music Director)
Release Dates: 14 Jun 1985 (United States)
Tagline: Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other.
Did you know? The studio pushed for a relatively quick release onto home video, expecting the film to perform poorly at the box-office. However, the film was one of the "sleeper" hits of the season, and was still in theatres when it was released to video stores. Read More
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as Charley Partanna
as Irene Walker
as Maerose Prizzi
as Amalia Prizzi
as Plumber
as Angelo 'Pop' Partanna
as Lt. Hanley
as Dominic Prizzi
as Eduardo Prizzi
as Casco Vascone
as Phil Vittimizzare
as Don Corrado Prizzi
Direction
Director
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Production Company
Production Manager
Distribution
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Director of Photography
Still Photographer
Key Grip
Music
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Boom Operator
Art
Production Designer
Set Decorator
Set Designer
Casting
Casting Director
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Post Production Supervisor
Special Effects
Special Effects Coordinator
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
English
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Aspect Ratio:
1.85:1 (Flat)
Taglines:
Hired killers by day. Devoted lovers by night. Until they found their next assignment was each other.
Filming Locations:
Trivia:
Jack Nicholson hung out in lowlife dives in Brooklyn to research his role.
Jack Nicholson was taught how to speak "Brooklynese" by Julie Bovasso.
Kim Basinger reportedly wanted the role of Irene, but was turned down by John Huston.
The studio pushed for a relatively quick release onto home video, expecting the film to perform poorly at the box-office. However, the film was one of the "sleeper" hits of the season, and was still in theatres when it was released to video stores.
Jack Nicholson was taught how to speak "Brooklynese" by Julie Bovasso.
Kim Basinger reportedly wanted the role of Irene, but was turned down by John Huston.
The studio pushed for a relatively quick release onto home video, expecting the film to perform poorly at the box-office. However, the film was one of the "sleeper" hits of the season, and was still in theatres when it was released to video stores.
