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Sal Mineo and those interested in his life and career deserve better than this tawdry clip job. There is no evidence that the author conducted any interviews with friends, family or colleagues of Mineo. He plays up Mineo's gay sexuality till it becomes tiresome. The A&E Biography is much better, as is E!'s episode of Mysteries and Scandals devoted to Mineo.
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Adapted from his own TV play by Reginald Rose, Dino stars Sal Mineo (who ... appeared in the TV version) in the title role. Sent to reform school for his complicity in a gang killing, Dino is released in the custody of kindly settlement worker Sheridan (Brian Keith). Despite the efforts by Sheridan and parole officer Mandel (Frank Faylen) to set the boy on the right path, sullen Dino intends to rejoin his old gang at the first opportunity. Only when he realizes that his younger brother Tony (Pat DeSimone) is in danger of becoming an irredeemable juvenile delinquent does Dino gets wise to himself. It also helps when he falls in love with Shirley (Susan Kohner), a "plain-Jane" girl he meets at Sheridan's settlement house. Rarely seen today, Dino is one of the better "j.d." films of its era.
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In 1976, Mineo was in a San Francisco production of a quirky comedy called P.S. Your Cat Is Dead. He played Vito, a bisexual burglar caught in the act by Jimmy and his girlfriend. Jimmy ties Vito up, then begins interrogating his captive. A frustrated, would-be writer, Jimmy decides that Vito’s life story is just the material he needs to write a winning book.
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A little-known facet of Mineo's career was his involvement with opera. On May 8, 1954, he portrayed the Page (lip-synching to the voice of mezzo-soprano Carol Jones) in the NBC Opera Theatre's production of Richard Strauss' Salome (in English translation), set to Oscar Wilde's play. Elaine Malbin performed the title role, and Peter Herman Adler conducted Kirk Browning's production.
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Mineo appeared in John Ford’s Cheyenne Autumn in 1964. Sporting a black wig with large braids, he played Red Shirt. To get around Mineo’s pronounced Bronx accent, Ford did not have Red Shirt say a single word in English.
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Cassavetes, Mineo and Rydell played the same parts for the television play. This was Cassavetes' debut as a film actor. Though dated, the film is still of interest because of Siegel's fine direction, the fine performances by the superb cast, and it still has something to say of value.
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