The best Jake LaMotta’s movies

Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta

10/07/1922- 19/09/2017
Today we present the best Jake LaMotta’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Jake LaMotta’s movies.

The Hustler

The Hustler
8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 25/09/1961
  • Character: Bartender
Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.

Maniac Cop

Maniac Cop
6/10
In New York, people are slain and strangled to death brutally on the open street. All witnesses agree that the murderer was in a cop's uniform. Soon the police search and find a suspect in its own ranks: Jack Forrest, suspected of murdering his own wife and the rest of the unfortunate individuals to die by the Maniac Cop’s reign of terror. To prove his innocence, he investigates the case with his partner, Theresa Mallory.

Firepower

Firepower
5/10
A mercenary is hired by the FBI to track down a powerful recluse criminal, a woman is also trying to track him down for her own personal vendetta.

The Real Rocky

The Real Rocky
7.1/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 25/10/2011
  • Character: Himsellf (Archive Footage)
Chuck Wepner is a liquor salesman from Bayonne, N.J., who drives a Cadillac with “Champ” vanity plates. A former New Jersey State Heavyweight Boxing Champion, he took abuse from Sonny Liston, got his nose broken by Muhammad Ali, and inspired Sylvester Stallone to write “Rocky” which won three Academy Awards. Wepner was left out of the “Rocky” glory, and his career took turn after strange turn as he worked to stay in the spotlight: he went on to fight Andre the Giant as “The Assassin” and boxed a 900 pound bear. Twice.

Mob War

Mob War
2.7/10
When the New York City police disrupt a big cocaine deal, the TV news reporters find John Falcone, a local mobster, nearby. They ask some tough questions, and Falcone decides he needs a public relations man to help burnish his image. He hires Todd Barrett, and he keeps Barrett in line with generous helpings of cocaine. Meanwhile, Falcone's unorthodox, violent, and sadistic methods get him cross-wise with Don Ricci, the boss. A mob war may break out. When Todd's wife is endangered, can the flack attack back at the racketeers?

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?
6/10
  • Release: 11/12/1971
  • Character: Bartender
A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.

Cauliflower Cupids

Cauliflower Cupids
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1970
  • Character: Gentle Jim
Johnny Stiletto, godfather to the Cauliflower Cupids gang (six world boxing champions), decides to leave crime so his daughter can have a better life.

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion

Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
7/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 08/12/1998
  • Character: Himself (archive footage)
This sports documentary tells the remarkable story of the man voted the greatest boxer in history. Spanning his career from the early Depression-era days until his death in 1989, this special brings to light the many sides of Robinson: flashy public icon, womanizer, comeback kid, philanthropist, fighter. Includes rare film footage, never-before-seen home movies and interviews.

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

Confessions of a Psycho Cat
5.4/10
A deranged, wealthy woman offers $100,000 to three men if they can stay alive for 24 hours in Manhattan, and then hunts them down.

Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson VI

Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray Robinson VI
  • Release: 14/02/1951
The sixth and final fight between LaMotta and Robinson, it took place at Chicago Stadium on St. Valentine's Day in 1951.

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