29th Street (film)

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29th Street
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Directed by George Gallo
Written by George Gallo
Frank Pesce
James Franciscus (story)
Produced byDavid Permut
Starring
CinematographySteven Fierberg
Edited by Kaja Fehr
Music by William Olvis
Production
companies
JVC Entertainment Networks
Largo Entertainment
Permut Productions
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • November 1, 1991 (1991-11-01)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget<$10 million [1]
Box office$2,120,564 [2]

29th Street is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written and directed by George Gallo and starring Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, and Lainie Kazan. It was adapted from a story by Frank Pesce and James Franciscus (who had both co-starred in the cult thriller Killer Fish ).

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Plot

In 1976, Frank Pesce Jr. is a lucky man. His father, Frank Sr., is very unlucky. One day, Frank Jr. buys a lottery ticket and finds that he has a good chance of winning. But Frank Sr. has some gambling debts to the mob and they are willing to take Frank Jr.'s ticket. Frank must decide what to do with the ticket.

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Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes 29th Street has an approval rating of 75% based on reviews from 12 critics. [4]

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