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Teamster Boss: The Jackie Presser Story (1992) (TV)
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12 September 1992 (USA)
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For a generation, the mobs main money machine was the Teamsters Union. When Jimmy Hoffa disappeared...
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Dennehy Good Choice For Lead Role
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brian Dennehy | ... | Jackie Presser |
 | Jeff Daniels | ... | Tom Noonan |
 | Maria Conchita Alonso | ... | Carmen |
 | Eli Wallach | ... | Bill Presser |
 | Robert Prosky | ... | Maishe |
| Donald Moffat | ... | O'Connell |
| Al Waxman | ... | Allen |
 | Tony Lo Bianco | ... | Allen Dorfman |
| Kate Reid | ... | Faye |
| Brad Sullivan | ... | Dickerson |
 | Jude Ciccolella | ... | Tony |
 | Victor Slezak | ... | Sanger |
 | Val Avery | ... | Salerno |
| Frank Pellegrino | ... | Anthony Provenzano |
| Henderson Forsythe | ... | Senator Bruckmeyer |
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Power Play: The Jackie Presser Story (UK) (video title)
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If any actor looks the role - a tough, Jimmy Hoffa-like union boss - it has to be Brian Dennehy, so the filmmakers certainly cast the right guy for the part. Dennehy also has a history playing mean, foul-mouthed villains. Thus, playing the son of the head of a corrupt union family, is right up his alley. Here, he rises to the power via corruption.
Unfortunately the character he plays, "Jackie Presser," is so unlikeable that he makes the movie unpleasant to watch. He chains smokes, too, which doesn't help and he looks, acts and sounds like a profane slob. Two supporting actors in here also can also portray similar slime-balls: Robert Prosky and Eli Wallach.
I'm sorry but I didn't find this made-for HBO film fun to watch. It was nice to see, however, that it was filmed 90 miles away from me up in Toronto, Ontario.