The King of Marvin Gardens
United States • 1972 • 1h 43m
Director
#550Criterion Collection →Synopsis
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.
Synopsis
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorBob Rafelson
WriterBob Rafelson, Jacob Brackman
CinematographerLászló Kovács
EditorJohn F. Link
ProducerBob Rafelson, Harold Schneider
Cast
Jack Nicholsonas David Staebler
Bruce Dernas Jason Staebler
Ellen Burstynas Sally
Julia Anne Robinsonas Jessica