Boardwalk (film)

Boardwalk
Directed by	Stephen Verona
Written by	Leigh Chapman Stephen Verona
Produced by	George Willoughby
Starring	Ruth Gordon Lee Strasberg Janet Leigh
Cinematography	Billy Williams
Edited by	Thom Noble
Music by	William S. Fischer Michael Kamen Rob Mounsey Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson
Production companies	Stratford Travellers Films
Distributed by	Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Release date	November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona. It stars Ruth Gordon, Lee Strasberg and Janet Leigh.

The film is about the Rosen family and their struggle with a gang terrorizing their Coney Island neighborhood. It was filmed on location at numerous spots in New York city, including the famous but now defunct Dubrow's Cafeteria.

It was written by Leigh Chapman and Verona, who were a couple at the time. Chapman later recalled the film as "Amateurish? boring? Strasberg [was] a dreadful actor… I give V[erona] credit for tenacity... [a] British investor who put up the money for the film. He was one of those “commoner” Brits who created a travel agency and made a lot of money. I don't know how Verona met him or conned him into putting up the money."

Cast

• Ruth Gordon as Becky Rosen
• Lee Strasberg as David Rosen
• Janet Leigh as Florence Cohen
• Joe Silver as Leo Rosen
• Eddie Barth as Eli Rosen
• Merwin Goldsmith as Charley
• Michael Ayr as Peter
• Forbesy Russell as Marilyn
• Chevi Colton as Vera Rosen
• Teri Keane as Betty Rosen
• Eli Mintz as Friedman
• Rashel Novikoff as Sadie
• Lillian Roth as Ruth
• Kim Delgado as Strut
• Altovise Davis as Mrs. Bell

External links

• Boardwalk at IMDb