The Public Eye [Blu-ray]

Director: Howard Franklin Howard Franklin

Overview

Howard Franklin wrote and directed this film noir character study based on the famed New York Daily News photographer Weegee. Joe Pesci plays a character named Bernstein, a freelance photographer for the New York City tabloids of the 1940s. His life is dedicated to his work; with a police radio under the dashboard of his car and a darkroom in his trunk, he quickly and efficiently races to the scene of crimes, accidents and murders to snap photographs of gangsters, politicians, cops, and prostitutes, which he promptly delivers to the newspapers. His knack for arriving at a crime scene before the police earns him the nickname the Great Bernzini. The trouble begins for Bernstein when he agrees to look up a gangster for Kay (Barbara Hershey), the sexy owner of a fancy Manhattan nightclub. After making inquiries, Bernstein traces the man Kay is looking for, but he turns up dead. When he informs the police, he becomes a suspect in the murder; it also turns out that the FBI is interested the case. Bernstein then uncovers an elaborate conspiracy concerning gas rationing, the mob, and the government.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/28/2020
UPC:	0738329248123
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	R
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	28,420

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Writer/Director Howard Franklin and Film Historian /Filmmaker Daniel Kremer; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joe Pesci	Leon `Bernzy' Bernstein
Barbara Hershey	Kay Levitz
Stanley Tucci	Sal Minetto
Jerry Adler	Arthur Nabler
Jared Harris	Danny the Doorman
Gerry Becker	Conklin
Dominic Chianese	Spoleto
Del Close	H.R. Rineman
Richard Foronjy	Farinelli
Tim Gamble	Agt. Chadwick
Richard Riehle	Officer O'Brien
David Gianopoulos	Portofino
Bryan Travis Smith	Young Cop,Young Cop
Max Brooks	Teen at Thompson Street
Laura Cerone	Puerto Rican Woman
Richard Schiff	Photographer at Thompson Street
Laura Ceron	Puerto Rican Woman
Chuck Gillespie	Cop, Puerto Rican Tenement
Donna Isaacson	Actor
Christian Stolti	Ambulance Attendant
Jack Denbo	Photo Editor
Ellen McElduff	Lonely Woman at Drugstore
Marge Kotlisky	Rineman's Receptionist
Timothy Hendrickson	Richard Rineman
Henry Bolzon	Photographer at Cafe
Kevin Dorsey	Singer
Gian-Carlo Scanduzzi	Maitre d'
Steve Forleo	Hood
Mick McGovern	Cop with Hood
Maurice Bravo	1st Photographer
Giancarlo Scandiuzzi	Maitre d'
Tom Lauricella	2nd Photographer
George Lugg	3rd Photographer
Vinny Argiro	Sergeant at Police Station
David Hull	Thatcher White
Kyle Moore	Young Agent
Bob Gunton	Older Agent
Louie Lanciloti	Mikey
Patricia Healy	Vera
Peter Maloney	Federal Watchman
Randall Stanton	Federal Guard
Jason Wells	Garage Attendant
Joe Guzaldo	Spoleto's Lieutenant
Al Mancini	Camera Shop Clerk
Joe Greco	Villa Guard/Hitman,Villa Guard-Hitman
Ian Abercrombie	Mr. Brown
Nick Tate	Henry Haddock Jr.
Jean Zarzour	Sal's Wife
Toni Fleming	Sal's Mother
John M. Watson Sr.	Sculllion
Guido DiMarco	Mr. D'Angelo,Mrs. D'Angelo
Phil Locker	Arresting Cop
Shay Duffin	Chief of Police
John Farris	Albert Gerard

Technical Credits

Howard Franklin

Howard Franklin	Director,Screenwriter
Sue Baden-Powell	Producer
Robert Zemeckis	Executive Producer