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Spike of Bensonhurst is a 1988 American comedy drama mafia film written and directed by Paul Morrissey and starring Sasha Mitchell. The film also features Ernest Borgnine , Maria Pitillo , and Talisa Soto .
Yusef Kirriem Hawkins (also spelled as Yusuf Hawkins, March 19, 1973 – August 23, 1989) was a 16-year-old black teenager from the neighborhood of East New York, [1] in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, who was shot to death on August 23, 1989, in Bensonhurst, a predominantly Italian-American working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Enemy of the State grossed $111.5 million in the United States and $139.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $250.8 million, against a production budget of $90 million. [1] The film opened at #2, behind The Rugrats Movie, grossing $20 million over its first weekend at 2,393 theaters, averaging $8,374 per venue. [7]
Also: "Burn After Reading," "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold," "No Way Out," and more.
Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo (born June 18, 1955) is a former Italian-American mobster who rose to position of caporegime in the Gambino crime family.In the early 2000s DiLeonardo turned government witness and decided to cooperate with the FBI and managed to convict over 80 mobsters.
Nicholas Mormando, also known as "Nicky Cowboy" (October 28, 1944 Brooklyn, New York – January 7, 1986 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn), was a Gambino crime family mob associate who was involved in the murder of Frank Fiala and member of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew.
Joseph Paruta, also known as "Old Man" (December 3, 1929 – October 1986), was a respected soldier in the Gambino crime family and considered a "key member" of Sammy Gravano's Bensonhurst, Brooklyn crew. He is the only known mobster who asked for a mercy killing after becoming terminally ill with lung cancer. The proposition was not agreed ...
In 2011 federal authorities swept up Lato and several other New England members of La Cosa Nostra, including former mob boss Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio. They charged them with shaking down ...