The Ritz (1976) on Netflix
Gaetano Proclo hides from his mobster brother-in-law Carmine Vespucci at the Ritz, a Manhattan bathhouse. Googie Gomez, an entertainer at the Ritz, mistakes him for a famous producer.
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Plot summary
Gaetano Proclo, who owns a sanitation company in Cleveland, needs a place to hide from his brother-in-law, the mobster Carmine Vespucci, who wants him dead. He tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine will not find him. The driver brings him to the Ritz, a bathhouse in Manhattan, and Gaetano signs the register under Carmine's name. Carmine has hired Michael Brick, a detective, to track him down. At the Ritz, Googie Gomez, an entertainer, mistakes Gaetano for a famous producer.
Cast
- Paul B. Priceas Claude
- John Eversonas Tiger (as John Everson) (as John Mark Everson)
- Christopher J. Brownas Duff
- Tony De Santisas Balloon Man
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Ritz (1976)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Rita Moreno won a Tony Award for playing Googie Gomez in the Broadway production of The Ritz, then reprised the role in the film, as did Jack Weston, Jerry Stiller and F. Murray Abraham from the original stage cast.
