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Coney Island

8.0Feb 4, 19910h 58mHistoryDocumentary

Directed by Ric Burns

Written by Richard Snow

Before there was Disneyland, there was Coney Island. By the turn of the century, this tiny piece of New York real estate was internationally famous. On summer Sundays, three great pleasure domes--Steeplechase, Luna Park and Dreamland--competed for the patronage of a half-million people. By day it was the world's most amazing amusement park, by night, an electric "Eden".

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Cast

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Narrator (voice)

Al Lewis

Al Lewis

Self - Actor

Vincent Gardenia

Vincent Gardenia

Self - Actor

Eli Wallach

Eli Wallach

Self - Actor

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Elliot Willensky

Self - Writer

Judd Hirsch

Judd Hirsch

(voice)

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

(voice)

Lois Smith

Lois Smith

(voice)

Frances Sternhagen

Frances Sternhagen

(voice)

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