The Public Eye
"No matter what he was shooting, he never got involved -- except once."
Plot Summary:
Leon Bernstein is New York's best news photographer in 1942, equally at home with cops or crooks. The pictures
are often of death and pain, but they are the ones the others wish they had got. Then glamorous Kay Levitz turns to
him when the Mob seem to be muscling in on the club she owns due to some arrangement with her late husband.
Bernstein, none too successful with women, agrees to help, saying there may be some good photos in it for him. In
fact, he is falling in love with Kay. [Summary written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}]
Resources:
Credits:
- USA, 1992, rated R, Dolby sound
- Produced by Sue Baden-Powell
- Distributed by Universal Pictures
- Directed by Howard Franklin
- Written by Howard Franklin
- Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky
- Music by Mark Isham
- Production Design by Marcia Hinds
- Costume Design by Jane Robinson
- Film Editing by Evan A. Lottman
Cast:
- Joe Pesci .... Leon (Bernzy) Bernstein
- Barbara Hershey .... Kay Levitz
- Stanley Tucci .... Sal
- Jerry Adler (I) .... Arthur Nabler
- Jared Harris .... Danny the Doorman
- Richard Riehle .... Officer O'Brien
- Bryan Travis Smith .... Young Cop
- Max Brooks .... Teen at Thompson Street
- Richard Schiff .... Photographer - Thompson Street
- Laura Ceron .... Puerto Rican Woman
- Chuck Gillespie .... Cop - Puerto Rican Tenement
- Christian Stolti .... Ambulance Attendant
- Jack Denbo .... Photo Editor
- Ellen McElduff .... Lonely Woman at Drugstore
- Del Close .... H.R. Rineman
- Marge Kotlisky .... Rineman's Receptionist
- Timothy Hendrickson .... Richard Rineman
- Henry Bolzon .... Photographer at Cafe
- Kevin Dorsey .... Singer
- Gian-Carlo Scandiuzzi .... Maitre D' - Cafe Society
- David Gianpoulos .... Portofino
- Steve Forleo .... Hood
- Mick McGovern .... Cop with Hood
- Maurice Bravo .... Photographer #1
- Tom Lauricella .... Photographer #2
- George Lugg .... Photographer #3
- Vinny Argiro .... Sergeant at Police Station
- Gerry Becker .... Conklin
- Tim Gamble (I) .... Agent Chadwick
- David Hull .... Thatcher White
- Kyle Moore .... Young Agent
- Louie Lanciloti .... Mikey
- Bob Gunton .... Older Agent
- Richard Foronjy .... Farinelli
- Patricia Healy .... Vera
- Peter Maloney .... Federal Watchman
- Randall Stanton .... Federal Guard
- Jason Wells .... Garage Attendant
- Dominic Chianese .... Spoleto
- Joe Guzaldo .... Spoleto's Lieutenant
- Al Mancini .... Camera Shop Clerk
- Joe Greco .... Villa Guard - Hitman
- Ian Abercrombie .... Mr. Brown
- Nick Tate .... Henry Haddock Jr.
- Jean Zarzour .... Sal's Wife
- Toni Fleming .... Sal's Mother
- John M. Watson Sr. .... Scullion
- Guido DiMarco .... Mr. D'Angelo
- Teresa DiMarco .... Mrs. D'Angelo
- Phil Locker .... Arresting Cop
- Shay Duffin .... Chief of Police
- John Farris .... Albert Gerard
Cast and production information from The Internet Movie Database
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