Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Robert De Niro | ... | James Conway | |
Ray Liotta | ... | Henry Hill | |
Joe Pesci | ... | Tommy DeVito | |
Lorraine Bracco | ... | Karen Hill | |
Paul Sorvino | ... | Paul Cicero | |
Frank Sivero | ... | Frankie Carbone | |
Tony Darrow | ... | Sonny Bunz | |
Mike Starr | ... | Frenchy | |
Frank Vincent | ... | Billy Batts | |
Chuck Low | ... | Morris Kessler | |
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Frank DiLeo | ... | Tuddy Cicero |
Henny Youngman | ... | Henny Youngman | |
Gina Mastrogiacomo | ... | Janice Rossi | |
Catherine Scorsese | ... | Tommy's Mother | |
Charles Scorsese | ... | Vinnie |
Henry Hill might be a small time gangster, who may have taken part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who might have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners could kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to think about climbing up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, might be badly affected by his partners' success, but will he consider stooping low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy? Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
"GoodFellas" may be the most important film of the 1990s in the fact that its incredible success led to some of the other great movies of the decade. Films like "The Silence of the Lambs", "The Crying Game", "Pulp Fiction", "The Usual Suspects", "Fargo", and "L.A. Confidential" would have likely never been made as well as they were without the influence of Scorsese's "GoodFellas". The film is an intense study of a Mafia family over a 30-year stretch. Ray Liotta plays the half-Irish, half-Sicilian kid from Brooklyn whose only dream is to be a gangster. Although Liotta's story is at the heart of "GoodFellas", it is the supporting cast that is the film's calling card. Robert DeNiro gives one of his greatest performances, Paul Sorvino is quietly effective, and Lorraine Bracco (in an Oscar-nominated role) does the best work of her career. However, it is Joe Pesci (in his well-deserved Oscar-winning turn) who steals every scene as the one who does the "dirty work". This is probably the definitive film in a decade that produced many film-noir styled classics. 5 stars out of 5.