Dinner Rush

Dinner Rush

99 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Sept. 1, 2000

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.

Dinner Rush

99 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Sept. 1, 2000

Dinner Rush
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Access Motion Picture Group, Giraldi-Suarez-DiGiaimo Productions
Original title Dinner Rush
Directors Bob Giraldi
Writers Brian S. Kalata, Rick Shaughnessy

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 Pérez

as Gabriel

Vivian Wu

as Nicole Chan

Frank Bongiorno

as Enrico Coventie

Lexie Sperduto

as Lucy Clemente

Ajay Naidu

as Ademir the Matre'd

Summer Phoenix

as Marti Wellington

Jamie Harris

as Sean the Bartender

Tessa Ghylin

as Piper

Jimmy Shkelqim

as Server

Nurul Raque

as Server

Gabriel Jiménez

as Pasta Chef

Andre De Leon

as Nino

Joe Gatti Jr.

as Harold

John Corbett

as Ken Roloff

Kirk Acevedo

as Duncan

Mark Margolis

as Fitzgerald

Annika Peterson

as Bettina

Luigi Celentano

as Line Chef

Jonathan Chodosh

as Black-Out Customer

Ted Koch

as Bar Patron

Doreen Dunlap

as Bar Patron

Julie Zeger

as Baby's Mother

David Phillips

as Baby's Father

Marcus Schenkenberg

as Male Customer

Jennifer Griffin Chambers

as Female Customer

Sandra Bernhard

as Jennifer Freely

Sophie Comet

as Food Nymph

Ellen McElduff

as Ellen Drury

Minnie Giraldi

as Other Female Customer

Roma Torre

as NY 1 Reporter

David Diaz

as News 2 Reporter

Walt MacPherson

as Detective Drury