The Selling of Vince D'Angelo

Danny DeVito stars in and directs this critically acclaimed short film which was part of the ground breaking HBO/Cinemax anthology series, "Likely Stories." Danny plays corrupt Congressman Vince D'Angelo who is making a sleazy run to become Senator of New Jersey. In the process he spreads vicious rumors about his running mates and uses incendiary campaign commercials to get himself elected. His campaign is derailed when he is caught-on-tape giving a bribe to a G-man posing as a mobster. His response to the "Mobscam" debacle is to claim he was "conducting his own investigation" and then fakes an 11th hour assassination on himself to engender voter sympathy.

Danny DeVito

Vince D'Angelo

Rhea Perlman

Vince's Wife

Vincent Schiavelli

Vince's Right Hand Man

Frank Sivero

Vince's Left Hand Man

Tim Thomerson

Sen. Pete Harisson

Joan Darling

Cong. Mary McKenzie

Joe Santos

FBI Guy

Jason Hervey

Vince's Son

Jessica Lee Smith

Vince's Daughter

Corky Pigeon

Vince's Fake Son

Paige Taylor

Vince's Fake Daughter

Mary Linda Phillips

Vince's Fake Wife

Harvey Miller

Vince's Lawyer

Tawny Tyler

Marya Small

Lawrence Parks

Reporter #1

Jeffrey Lampert

Reporter #2

• Danny DeVitoDirector
• Jim MulhollandWriter
• Michael BarrieWriter
• David JablinProducer
• Irv GoodnoffDirector of Photography
• Eric JenkinsEditor
• Marshall HarveyEditor

Release date

September 15, 1976

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

21m

Genres

Comedy, Crime