List of the best Michael V. Gazzo movies: Alligator(1980), Fingers(1978), Back Roads(1981), Body and Soul(1981), Black Sunday(1977), The Godfather, Part II(1974), Cuba Crossing(1980), Love and Bullets(1979), Last Action Hero(1993) ... ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1980
94 Minutes
Chief Clark
Robert Forster Robin Riker Michael V. Gazzo Perry Lang Jack Carter Henry Silva Bart Braverman Dean Jagger Sue Lyon Angel Tompkins
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded laboratory rats injected with growth hormones. The small reptile grows gigantic, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage.
Drama
USA
1978
91 Minutes
Ben
Harvey Keitel Tisa Farrow Jim Brown Michael V. Gazzo Marian Seldes Danny Aiello Ed Marinaro Georgette Muir
pianist loan shark debt collector mobster father mob boss dark gritty brutal new york city restaurant nightclub identity crisis father/son relationship artistic struggle classical music addiction organized crime escape quest
A dysfunctional young man is pulled between loyalties to his Italian mob-connected loan shark father and his mentally disturbed Jewish concert pianist mother.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1981
94 Minutes
Tazio
Sally Field Tommy Lee Jones David Keith Miriam Colon Michael V. Gazzo Dan Shor M. Emmet Walsh Barbara Babcock Nell Carter Alex Colon Lee de Broux
A prostitute and a drifter find themselves bound together as they make their way through the rural South, doing what they have to do to survive.
Drama
USA
1981
109 Minutes
Frankie
Leon Isaac Kennedy Jayne Kennedy Peter Lawford Perry Lang Nikki Swassy Michael V. Gazzo Kim Hamilton
student boxer young man young woman sister girlfriend inspiring gripping emotional boxing ring gym city family home street locker room boxing aspirations brother/sister relationship fame illness
A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to reality.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1977
143 Minutes
Muzi
Robert Shaw Bruce Dern Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Steven Keats Bekim Fehmiu Michael V. Gazzo William Daniels Walter Gotell Victor Campos Walter Brooke
veteran pilot intelligence officer terrorist fbi agent chilling brutal miami super bowl terrorism assassination suicide post-traumatic stress disorder massacre israeli-palestinian conflict wretched excess quest pursuit 1970s
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance.
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
200 Minutes
Frankie Pentangeli
Al Pacino Robert Duvall Diane Keaton Robert De Niro John Cazale Talia Shire Lee Strasberg Michael V. Gazzo G.D. Spradlin Richard Bright Gastone Moschin
gangster murderer brother father criminal politician dark gritty new york city italy cuba airport washington, d.c. bedroom betrayal murder mafia abuse crime revolution
The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.
Adventure
USA|West Germany
1980
90 Minutes
Rossellini
Stuart Whitman Robert Vaughn Caren Kaye Raymond St. Jacques Woody Strode Sybil Danning Mary Lou Gassen Albert Salmi Michael V. Gazzo Monty Rock III
ex-soldier boss mafioso ship captain girlfriend first mate suspenseful thrilling key west, fla. cuba boat sea jail bar journey assassination plot politics hostage situation deception set-up
Adventurer gets caught up in a plot to kill Fidel Castro.
Crime, Drama
1979
103 Minutes
Lobo
Charles Bronson Rod Steiger Jill Ireland Strother Martin Bradford Dillman Henry Silva Paul Koslo Sam Chew Michael V. Gazzo Val Avery Billy Gray
The FBI sends a loner (Charles Bronson) to kidnap a mobster's (Rod Steiger) mistress (Jill Ireland) in Switzerland.
Comedy, Action
USA
1993
131 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Austin O'Brien Charles Dance F. Murray Abraham Art Carney Frank McRae Tom Noonan Robert Prosky Anthony Quinn Mercedes Ruehl Ian McKellen
fictitious character young boy crime boss henchman theater owner police officer amusing offbeat suspenseful los angeles new york city movie theater mansion police station fantasy world movies heroism unlikely allies magic murder
With the help of a magic ticket, a young movie fan is transported into the fictional world of his favorite action movie character.