Fear City

Fear City
Film poster
Directed by	Abel Ferrara
Written by	Nicholas St. John
Produced by	Bruce Cohn Curtis
Starring	Tom Berenger Billy Dee Williams Jack Scalia Melanie Griffith Michael V. Gazzo
Cinematography	James Lemmo
Edited by	Jack W. Holmes Anthony Redman
Production companies	Zupnik-Curtis Enterprises Rebecca Productions Castle Hill Productions
Distributed by	Aquarius Releasing
Release dates	July 18, 1984 (1984-07-18) (France) February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16) (U.S.)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Fear City is a 1984 American action-thriller directed by Abel Ferrara. The lead roles are played by Billy Dee Williams and Tom Berenger.

In 2012 the film was released on Blu-ray by Shout! Factory.

Plot

A serial killer who is an expert at martial arts is preying on strippers in Manhattan's Times Square. Night after night, he visits smoky strip clubs, waiting for his victims. The owners of the largest company of strippers in the city are Matt Rossi (Berenger) and Nicky Parzeno (Scalia). Rossi is a retired boxer who retired after having killed an opponent in the ring. He is now seeing their whole business under threat, at the same time as he fears that the woman he loves might be the next victim.

Cast

• Tom Berenger as Matt Rossi
• Billy Dee Williams as Al Wheeler
• Jack Scalia as Nicky Parzeno
• Melanie Griffith as Loretta
• Rossano Brazzi as Carmine
• Rae Dawn Chong as Leila
• John Foster as Pazzo
• Neil Clifford as The Karate-Killer
• María Conchita Alonso as Silver (as Maria Conchita)
• Joe Santos as Frank
• Ola Ray as Honey
• Tracy Griffith as Sandra Cook
• Emilia Crow as Bibi (as Emilia Lesniak)
• Jan Murray as Goldstein
• Janet Julian as Ruby
• Michael V. Gazzo as Mike
• Jan Murray as Goldstein
• Daniel Faraldo as Sanchez
• Peter Mele as Hitman #1
• Robert Miano as Hitman #2
• Raphael Berko as Hitman #3
• Antony Ponzini as Mobster #1
• Frank Sivero as Mobster #2
• Brent Jennings as Hawker #1

External links

• Fear City at IMDb
• Fear City at Rotten Tomatoes