Movies / Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Runtime: 229 min
Languages: English French Italian
Epic, episodic, tale of the lives of a small group of New York City Jewish gangsters spanning over 40 years. Told mostly in flashbacks and flash-forwards, the movie centers on small-time hood David 'Noodles' Aaronson and his lifelong partners in crime; Max, Cockeye and Patsy and their friends from growing up in the rough Jewish neighborhood of New York's Lower East Side in the 1920s, to the last years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, and then to the late 1960s where an elderly Noodles returns to New York after many years in hiding to look into the past.
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| Directors (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Sergio Leone | ... |
| Writers (9) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Enrico Medioli | (writer) & |
| Ernesto Gastaldi | uncredited |
| Franco Arcalli | (writer) & |
| Franco Ferrini | (writer) & |
| Harry Grey | (novel "The Hoods") |
| Leonardo Benvenuti | (writer) & |
| Piero De Bernardi | (writer) & |
| Sergio Leone | (writer) |
| Stuart Kaminsky | (additional dialogue) |
| Composers (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Ennio Morricone | ... |
| Editors (2) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Nino Baragli | ... |
| Zach Staenberg | (uncredited) |
| Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Tonino Delli Colli | ... |
| Actors (69) | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adrian Curran | Young Cockeye |
| Alexander Godfrey | Newstand Man |
| Amy Ryder | Peggy |
| Angelo Florio | Willie The Ape |
| Ann Neville | Girl in Coffin |
| Arnon Milchan | Chauffeur |
| Baxter Harris | Reporter 3 |
| Brian Bloom | Young Patsy |
| Bruce Bahrenburg | Sgt. P. Halloran |
| Bruno Iannone | Thug |
| Burt Young | Joe |
| Chuck Low | Deborah Gelly's Father (uncredited) |
| Clem Caserta | Al Capuano |
| Cliff Cudney | Mounted Policeman |
| Danny Aiello | Police Chief Vincent Aiello |
| Darlanne Fluegel | Eve (as Darlanne Fleugel) |
| Dutch Miller | Van Linden |
| Elizabeth McGovern | Deborah Gelly |
| Estelle Harris | Peggy's Mother |
| Fabio Roscioli | ... |
| Francesca Leone | David Bailey's Girlfriend (uncredited) |
| Frank Gio | Beefy |
| Frankie Caserta | Bugsy's Gang |
| Frank Sisto | Fred Capuano |
| Gerard Murphy | Crowning |
| Gerritt Debeer | Drunk |
| James Hayden | Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg |
| James Russo | Bugsy |
| James Woods | Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz |
| Jay Zeely | Foreman |
| Jennifer Connelly | Young Deborah |
| Jerry Strivelli | Johnny Capuano |
| Joe Pesci | Frankie Manoldi |
| Joey Faye | Adorable Old Man |
| Joey Marzella | Bugsy's Gang |
| Julie Cohen | Young Peggy |
| Karen Shallo | Lucy Aiello |
| Larry Rapp | 'Fat' Moe Gelly |
| Linda Ipanema | Nurse Thompson |
| Marcia Jean Kurtz | Max's Mother |
| Mario Brega | Mandy |
| Marty Licata | Cemetery Caretaker |
| Marvin Scott | Interviewer |
| Massimo Liti | Young Macrò |
| Matteo Cafiso | Boy in Park (uncredited) |
| Mike Gendel | Irving Gold |
| Mike Monetti | Young Fat Moe |
| Mort Freeman | Street Singer |
| Nelson Camp | Newspaper Salesman (uncredited) |
| Noah Moazezi | Dominic |
| Olga Karlatos | Woman in the Puppet Theatre |
| Paul Farentino | 2nd Mounted Policeman |
| Paul Herman | Monkey |
| Ray Dittrich | Trigger |
| Richard Bright | Chicken Joe |
| Richard Foronjy | Officer 'Fartface' Whitey (as Richard Foronji) |
| Richard Zobel | Reporter 2 |
| Robert De Niro | David 'Noodles' Aaronson |
| Robert Harper | Sharkey |
| Ron Nummi | Waiter (uncredited) |
| Rusty Jacobs | Young Max / David Bailey |
| Salvatore Billa | One of Beefy's Thugs (uncredited) |
| Sandra Solberg | Friend of Young Deborah |
| Scott Coffey | Teenager (uncredited) |
| Scott Schutzman Tiler | Young Noodles (as Scott Tiler) |
| Tandy Cronyn | Reporter 1 (as Tandy Cronin) |
| Treat Williams | James Conway O'Donnell |
| Tuesday Weld | Carol |
| William Forsythe | Philip 'Cockeye' Stein |