Frank Adonis
Also Known As: Frankie Adonis, Frank Martin, Frank Scioscia
Biography: Frank Adonis (born October 27, 1935), sometimes credited as Frank Martin, is an American film and television actor. He was born Frank Testaverde Scioscia in Brooklyn, New York. Adonis is a long-time character actor frequently cast in gangster roles.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: October 27, 1935
Deathday: December 26, 2018
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Gender: Male
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True Romance
Overview: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Genres: Action Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-09-09
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GoodFellas
Overview: The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Wall Street
Overview: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-10
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Overview: An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-06
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Find Me Guilty
Overview: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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The Juror
Overview: With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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The Woods Have Eyes
Overview: When a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. All they have to do is survive until dawn, but Cappy is very, very real, and night has only just begun...
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-16
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Saddam
Overview: The story of two Italian men who are posted to Iraq on a mysterious mission to guard the cell of a prisoner in Abu Ghraib prison. What's strange is that neither man knows who is inside; they must simply follow orders not to let anyone enter or leave the cell. As time passes their nerves are tested and they begin to wonder whether their charge could be Saddam Hussein...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-05-25
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One Deadly Road
Overview: "Everybody wants to be an actor or a gangster. " That's life according to mafia hustler Tony Donitello. For he and his brother Vinnie, being raised in Bensonhurst Brooklyn around the local loan sharks, bookies and hitmen, they grew up learning three things; You know NOTHING, you hear NOTHING, you say NOTHING! After connecting with erratic underboss, "Crazy Sal" Cortino, what Tony so desires to play in the movies, he is destined to become in real life. The roads of Brooklyn are merging into one and his choices are no longer his own. As Tony guides us through this provocative journey of Friendship, Loyalty, and Retribution, he reveals to us the difference between Power and Powerlessness.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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Raging Bull
Overview: The life of boxer Jake LaMotta, whose violence and temper that led him to the top in the ring destroyed his life outside of it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-11-14
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Black and White
Overview: Rich Bower is an up-and-coming star in the hip-hop world. Everyone wants to be around him, including Raven and her fellow upper-class white high school friends. The growing appeal of black culture among white teens fascinates documentary filmmaker Sam Donager, who sets out to chronicle it with her husband, Terry. But before Bower was a rapper, he was a gangster, and his criminal past comes back to haunt him and all those around him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-04
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Overview: He's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. Jim Carrey is on the case to find the Miami Dolphins' missing mascot and quarterback Dan Marino. He goes eyeball to eyeball with a man-eating shark, stakes out the Miami Dolphins and woos and wows the ladies. Whether he's undercover, under fire or underwater, he always gets his man… or beast!
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-04
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Mob Queen
Overview: In Brooklyn of the '50s, small-time mobster George and his sidekick Dip realize they've forgotten the birthday of mob boss Joey, so they engage the services of prostitute Glorice. Joey's reaction to Glorice gives George a promotion, and he's installed as Joey's assistant. George makes the discovery that gender-bent Glorice is not exactly a woman after all. The problem gets worse: Joey intends to marry Glorice, who plans to blackmail Joey after the wedding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-27
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Cops and Robbers
Overview: Two disillusioned New York policemen plan a $10 million robbery to fuel their low pensions, only to run into one debacle after another in the process.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-08-15
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Crazy Joe
Overview: The rise and fall of a Mafia gangster, based on the life of murdered New York gangster "Crazy" Joey Gallo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-08
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The Sister in Law
Overview: Robert and Edward are brothers involved in a web of adultery and deceit. They share Edward's wife and his mistress and a mission to deliver a package of jewels across the Canadian border, but the mission turns out to be deadly.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-07-04
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Finding Interest
Overview: Barney Barnaby was alone, stuck in a life that seem to be heading straight to nowhere. He could only find excitement in the larger-than-life world of action films. Looking for real life adventure, Barney hires a hitman to have himself killed.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Casino
Overview: In early-1970s Las Vegas, Sam "Ace" Rothstein gets tapped by his bosses to head the Tangiers Casino. At first, he's a great success in the job, but over the years, problems with his loose-cannon enforcer Nicky Santoro, his ex-hustler wife Ginger, her con-artist ex Lester Diamond and a handful of corrupt politicians put Sam in ever-increasing danger.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-11-22
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Eyes of Laura Mars
Overview: A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-02
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High Times Potluck
Overview: High Times' Pot Luck is an upbeat pot caper that centers around a mobster who discovers the magic of marijuana.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-17
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The Trouble with Cali
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-21
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Patty
Overview: Doctors and "experts" sit around the discuss the Patty Hearst kidnaping case, which is seen in flashbacks.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Wolfen
Overview: A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old legend.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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The Gambler
Overview: New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destroy him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-02
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King of New York
Overview: A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-07-18
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Spike of Bensonhurst
Overview: Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-11
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Shaft's Big Score!
Overview: John Shaft is back as the lady-loved black detective cop on the search for the murderer of a client.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-06-08
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Bad Lieutenant
Overview: While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-20
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Patty
Overview: A mockumentary where doctors and "experts" discuss the Patty Hearst kidnaping case, which is seen in flashbacks.
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Original Language: en
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