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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)

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Crime, passion and lust for power.

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Sergio Leone
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    David 'Noodles' Aaronson Robert De Niro
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    Maximilian 'Max' Bercovicz James Woods
  • Profile picture of Elizabeth McGovern
    Deborah Gelly Elizabeth McGovern
  • Profile picture of Treat Williams
    James Conway O'Donnell Treat Williams
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    Carol Tuesday Weld
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    Frankie Monaldi Joe Pesci
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    Joe Burt Young
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    Patrick 'Patsy' Goldberg James Hayden

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Keywords

  • epic
  • new york city
  • regret
  • lovesickness
  • rape
  • life and death
  • sexual abuse
  • street gang
  • corruption
  • based on novel or book
  • prohibition era
  • gangster
  • sadistic
  • money laundering
  • opium
  • mafia boss
  • murder
  • memory
  • jewish american
  • torture
  • brooklyn bridge
  • childhood friends
  • 1920s
  • 1960s
  • 1930s