Eric Roberts makes an auspicious fiIm debut in King of The Gypsies co-starring Susan Sarandon, Annie Potts, Annette O'Toole, Brooke Shields, along with Hollywood royalty SheIley 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 criminaI underworId. Dave (Roberts), the grandson and heir apparent to the dying "King" (Hayden), is torn between his Iegacy and the outside world, and is soon faced with a decision that wiII forever aIter his life and the lives of those around him. Shot by famed cinematographer Sven Nykvist (Face To Face), King of the Gypsies is a taIe of love, rivaIry, jealousy, murder and intrigue, and features first-rate performances by a supporting cast. |