Movie
Dinner Rush
Overview
One unlucky evening, Louis Cropa, a part-time bookmaker, discovers that his restaurant has become a hotbed of conflicting characters. In addition to having to please a whiny food critic, Louis must fend off a hostile takeover from a pair of gangsters, to whom his sous-chef is in debt. Further, Louis has an argument with his son, the star chef, whose culinary creativity has brought success to the business.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-01
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Action, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Access Motion Picture Group, Giraldi-Suarez-DiGiaimo Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Danny Aiello as Louis Cropa
- Polly Draper as Natalie Clemente
- Alex Corrado as Paolo
- Zainab Jah as Adrian
- John Rothman as Gary Lieberman
- Michael McGlone as Carmen
- Edoardo Ballerini as Chef Udo Cropa
- Manny Perez as Gabriel
- Vivian Wu as Nicole Chan
- Frank Bongiorno as Enrico Coventie
- Lexie Sperduto as Lucy Clemente
- Ajay Naidu as Ademir the Matre'd
Crew
- Bob Giraldi - Director
- Brian S. Kalata - Writer
- Rick Shaughnessy - Writer
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