Festa

The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996)

Actors: Stuart Margolin (actor), James Garner (actor), Stephen J. Cannell (producer), Mike Post (composer), Fyodor Dostoevsky (writer), Bryan Cranston (actor), Stephen J. Cannell (miscellaneous crew), Joe Santos (actor), Richard Kiley (actor), Ilia Volok (actor), Johnny Williams (actor), April Ferry (costume designer), Steve Monroe (actor), Pete Carpenter (composer), Pamela Malouf (editor),

Plot: Laid-back private eye Jim Rockford and his brown Pontiac Firebird become embroiled in another case when he runs across an old flame, blind book editor Megan. Her no-good playboy cousin Patrick is involved with the Russian Mob, which puts everyone's life in danger. The weary Rockford must also deal with his old friend Angel, who is painting Jim's trailer to work off a debt.

Keywords: based-on-novel, based-on-tv-series, detective, james-rockford, mafia
Genres: Action, Drama,
Taglines: Rockford rekindles a hot romance and faces some ruthless stone-cold killers.

The Seven-Ups (1973)

Actors: Roy Scheider (actor), Sonny Grosso (miscellaneous crew), Kay Chapin (miscellaneous crew), Ken Kercheval (actor), Joseph G. Aulisi (costume designer), Sonny Grosso (writer), Richard Lynch (actor), Tony Lo Bianco (actor), Sonny Grosso (actor), Joe Spinell (actor), John Aprea (actor), Gerald B. Greenberg (producer), Tom Signorelli (actor), Bill Hickman (actor), Kenneth Utt (producer),

Plot: New York City cops wage a war against assorted hoods and criminals after one of their own is brutally killed by a hoodlum. Seven-Ups refers to the minimum jail time each of the crooks will have to spend if they are caught.

Keywords: bail-bondsman, barber-shop, betrayal, boyhood-friend, briefcase-full-of-money, bronx-new-york-city, car-chase, car-wash, chase, convicted-felon
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,
Taglines: They take justice one step further. When they're on the job, it's hard to tell the cops from the killers. When they're after you, you're gonna hope for a nice stretch in prison. Seven years...and up! Even the cops are afraid of them. The story of the police elite, - "The Seven-Ups"- the dirty-tricks squad that even the regular cops are afraid of! The producer of "Bullitt" and "The French Connection" brings you a high-speed ride with the strong arm of the law. Mess with the Seven-Ups, and they WILL mess you worse. What the regular cops can't do, they can! What the regular cops can't do, "The Seven-Ups" - the NYPD's most dangerous league of super-cops - can! What the regular cops are afraid to do, the "Seven-Ups" will. Without fear. Without mercy.

Quotes:

Buddy Manucci: I'm not gonna bag you. But I think you better think about this. You better worry about Kalish's pals and Festa's pals, because word has a way of getting around.::Vito Lucia the Undertaker: What are you talking about? You're gonna let them know?You can't do this to me, Buddy!::Buddy Manucci: No?::Buddy Manucci: [jabbing his hand hard into Vito's chest] You watch me!

Toredano the Garage Man: Look at my hands. I've been here before, so do what you gotta do. I didn't talk then, and I won't talk now.

Insp. Gilson: There's something going on the boys downtown never told us about. Have you heard rumors of Mob kidnappings?::Buddy Manucci: [surprised] No. I thought it was about heavy artillery on the streets, that's all.::Lt. Jerry Hanes: Why the hell didn't you tell us? A squad from the Chief of Detectives' office is investigating stories about undercover police. Alleged police. Going around kidnapping wiseguys for ransom.::Buddy Manucci: [eyes widening] And they think it's us?::Insp. Gilson: Buddy, what would you think? What was Ansel doing with Cotello? A lot of people never wanted our outfit formed, you know that. They don't like the way we operate.::Buddy Manucci: What do YOU think?::Insp. Gilson: I think we've got a whole lot of unanswered questions here.::Buddy Manucci: Well just give us time, we'll get the answers.

Buddy Manucci: [looking at the river] You believe we used to swim in that shit?::Vito Lucia the Undertaker: Ehhh, nobody cares anymore.

Buddy Manucci: [gazing out the window at the racketeers the funeral parlor] A funeral really brings them out.::Barilli - Seven-Up: Respect for the dead is considered very important. You know that.::Buddy Manucci: [bitterly] Should show as much for the living.

Moon: [giving Vito a lot of cash] You'd have to cut up a shitpot full of stiffs for that kind of dough, undertaker.