Ciello Jerry Orbach as Gus Levy Richard Foronjy as Joe Marinaro Don Billett as Bill Mayo Kenny Marino as Dom Bando Carmine Caridi as Gino Mascone Tony Page as Raf Alvarez Norman Parker as Rick Cappalino Paul Roebling as Brooks Paige Bob Balaban as Santimassino James Tolkan as District Attorney Polito Steve Inwood as Mario Vincente Lindsay Crouse as Carla Ciello Matthew Laurance as Ronnie Ciello Tony Turco as Socks Ciello Ronald Maccone as Nick Napoli (as Ron Maccone) Ron Karabatsos as Dave DeBennedeto Tony DiBenedetto as Carl Alagretti Tony Munafo as Rocky Gazzo Robert Christian as The King Lee Richardson as Sam Heinsdorff Lane Smith as Tug Barnes Cosmo Allegretti as Marcel Sardino Bobby Alto as Mr. Kanter Michael Beckett as Michael Blomberg Burton Collins as Monty Henry Ferrentino as Older Virginia Guard Carmine Foresta as Ernie Fallacci Conard Fowkes as Elroy Pendleton Peter Friedman as D.A. Goldman Peter Michael Goetz as Attorney Charles Deluth Lance Henriksen as D.A. Burano Eddie Jones as Ned Chippy Don Leslie as D.A. D'Amato Dana Lorge as Ann Mascone Harry Madsen as Bubba Harris E.D. Miller as Sergeant Edelman Cynthia Nixon as Jeannie Ron Perkins as Virginia Trooper Lionel Pina as Sancho José Angel Santana as José (as José Santana) Walter Brooke as Judge (uncredited) Alan King as Himself (uncredited) Bruce Willis as Extra (uncredited) Ilana Rapp as Beach Player (uncredited) Production When producer and screenwriter Jay Presson Allen read Robert Daley's book Prince of the City (1978), she was convinced it was an ideal Sidney Lumet project, but the film rights had been sold to Orion Pictures for writer-director Brian De Palma and screenwriter David Rabe. Allen let it be known that if that deal should fall through, then she wanted the deal for Lumet. Just as Lumet was about to sign for a different picture, they got the call that Prince of the City was theirs. Allen hadn't wanted to write Prince of the City, just produce it. She was put off by the book's non-linear story structure, but Lumet wouldn't make the picture without her, and agreed to write the outline for her. Lumet and Allen went over the book and agreed on what they could use and what they could do without. To her horror, Lumet would come in every day for weeks and scribble on legal pads. She was terrified that she would have to tell him that