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Lookin' Italian is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 1 january 1994 with Jay Acovone
Lookin' Italian (1994)
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Add to a movie listLookin' Italian is a 1994 American crime film directed by Guy Magar and starring Jay Acovone and Matt LeBlanc.
Synopsis
Vinny Pallazzo (Jay Acovone) is a retired gangster who has left the mafia after a disastrous incident. Now working as a clerk in a dusty bookshop of Los Angeles, he has to look after his young, reckless nephew Anthony (Matt LeBlanc), who lives fast, spending his time between seducing girls at the bookshop, dancing in nightclubs and playing poker games with friends. Vinny tries to do everything so that Anthony doesn't cross paths with mafia and gang wars, as he is afraid that his brash and hot-blooded nephew might end up like his father - dead. But that may be a lot more difficult than it sounds, especially after Anthony's girlfriend is brutally killed with another friend of his, by a gang. Anthony wants then to be avenged, especially after learning the truth about his father.Actors
Jay Acovone
(Vinny Pallazzo)
Matt LeBlanc
(Anthony)
Denise Richards
(Elizabeth)
Lou Rawls
(Willy)
John LaMotta
(Don Dinardo)
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