What role did the actor, who starred in the 1980 Italian crime-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo play in the "The Cotton Club"?
Madness (1980 film) Madness (Italian: "Vacanze per un massacro" ) is a 1980 Italian crime-drama film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Joe Dallesandro. A low-budget film, it was shot in just twelve days. It was first supposed to be directed by Mario Gariazzo. The film was the last film Dallesandro shot in Italy before returning to United States. The Luis Bacalov's musical score is mainly recycled from his scores for Di Leo's "Caliber 9" and Maurizio Lucidi's "The Designated Victim".
Roy Radin Roy Radin (13 November 1949 – 10 June 1983) was a show business promoter who packaged vaudeville shows in the 1970s and early 1980s. He was probably best known for his attempts to help finance the film "The Cotton Club", and as the subsequent victim of a murder-for-hire at age 33. The trial in which four people were sentenced related to Radin's killing became known as "The Cotton Club Murder." The story of Radin's murder became the subject of a book, "Bad Company: Drugs, Hollywood and the Cotton Club Murder".