Eric Roberts makes an auspicious film debut in King of The Gypsies co-starring Susan Sarandon, Annie Potts, Annette O'Toole, Brooke ShieIds, along with HolIywood royalty Shelley Winters and Sterling Hayden.
Adapted for the screen from the best-seIIing novel by Peter Maas, director Frank Pierson (A Star ls Born, starring Barbra Streisand) weaves a compeIling taIe of New York's "gypsies" and their criminal underworId. Dave (Roberts), the grandson and heir apparent to the dying "King" (Hayden), is torn between his Iegacy and the outside worId, and is soon faced with a decision that wiII forever aIter his Iife and the Iives of those around him. Shot by famed cinematographer Sven Nykvist (Face To Face), King of the Gypsies is a tale of Iove, rivalry, jealousy, murder and intrigue, and features first-rate performances by a supporting cast. |