ITALIAN STALLION

Sylvester Stallone`s first film role was Party at Kitty and Stud`s, a sexploitation movie which was shot in 1970 when Sly was 24. Sly`s passion for acting was spotted by Stephen Verona when Sly helped a friend at an acting class with a scene from "Death of a Salesman" at New York`s prestigious Herbert Berghof school. Verona remembered Sly and a few months afterwards asked him to audition for "The Lords of Flatbush", and the rest is history. Party at Kitty and Stud`s was never released. However once "Rocky" was underway it was re-edited and released as ITALIAN STALLION which was also Sly`s nickname prior to "Rocky".

Sly plays the part of "Stud" whose world revolves entirely around sex, sex, and more sex, an interest he shares with his way-out friends and his girl Kitty who likes her men mean and muscular! Stallone acknowledged in a Playboy interview that he was paid a mere $200 for his role in the film.