The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

5.9/10 103 min Drama

Overview

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.

Cast

Jack Nicholson

David Staebler

Bruce Dern

Jason Staebler

Ellen Burstyn

Sally

Scatman Crothers

Lewis

John P. Ryan

Surtees

Sully Boyar

Lebowitz

Josh Mostel

Frank

Garry Goodrow

Nervous Man

Tony King

Messenger #2

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