The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

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Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Comedy,

Crime

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

1976

Director:

Danny DeVito

Cast:
Danny DeVito

Vince D'Angelo

Rhea Perlman

Vince's Wife

Vincent Schiavelli

Vince's Right Hand Man

Frank Sivero

Vince's Left Hand Man

Tim Thomerson

Sen. Pete Harisson

Crew:
Irv Goodnoff

Director of Photography

Marshall Harvey

Editor

Samuel Buddy Fries

Assistant Camera

Wendell Wethington

Key Grip

Jim McEachen

Best Boy Grip