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MONEY
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Shot for just $4.3M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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Mikey and Nicky
"...don't expect to like 'em."
1976 1h 46m EN
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6.9
SOLID
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6.9TMDB ยท 212
CrimeDrama
Synopsis
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Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long nightโฆ
โ...don't expect to like 'em.โ
Cast
Peter Falk
Mikey
John Cassavetes
Nicky
Ned Beatty
Kinney
Rose Arrick
Annie
Carol Grace
Nellie
William Hickey
Sid Fine
Sanford Meisner
Dave Resnick
Joyce Van Patten
Jan
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Elaine May
- Writers
- Elaine May
- Languages
- Hebrew, English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Fun facts ๐ฟ
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ERA
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50 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hebrew, English.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Elaine May, shot by Bernie Abramson. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by John Strauss. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor John Carter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Peter Falk and John Cassavetes and Ned Beatty carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "...don't expect to like 'em.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Elaine May directs. Bernie Abramson behind the camera. John Strauss scores. John Carter cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Hebrew, English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Shot for just $4.3M โ micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 250 years old โ a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Hebrew, English.
- 4Directed by Elaine May, shot by Bernie Abramson. Note their partnership โ DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by John Strauss. Worth a dedicated listen after โ most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor John Carter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Peter Falk and John Cassavetes and Ned Beatty carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "...don't expect to like 'em.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0074901 โ still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 13 themes, including "philadelphia, pennsylvania", "hitman", "male friendship", "on the run".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Bernie Abramson
- Original score
- John Strauss
- Editing
- John Carter
- Production design
- Paul Sylbert
- Makeup / hair
- Vivienne Walker
- Runtime
- 106 min ยท 1h 46m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $4,300,000
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Elaine May
Stills ยท wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Paramount Pictures
US
Key crew
- GafferEarl Gilbert
- HairstylistVivienne Walker
- Sound EditorGreg Dillon
- Production Sound MixerChris Newman
- Second Assistant DirectorMichele Ader
- Sound EditorMarc Laub
- CastingWayne Carson
- Sound EditorStan Bochner
- Sound EditorJack Fitzstephens
- First Assistant DirectorEdward Folger
- Assistant DirectorPeter R. Scoppa
- Sound EditorRichard P. Cirincione
- SoundLarry Jost
- Sound EditorBernard F. Pincus
- Supervising Sound EditorJohn Strauss
- Sound EditorGene Wahrman
- Production DesignPaul Sylbert
- ProducerMichael Hausman
- Executive ProducerBud Austin
- Set DecorationJohn P. Austin
- EditorJohn Carter
- EditorSheldon Kahn
- Makeup ArtistIrving Buchman
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- hitman
- male friendship
- on the run
- bookie
- one night
- existentialism
- woman director
- intense
- depressing
- bold
- excited
- gloomy
Release history ยท US
When it landed
- Theatrical1976-12-21R
Also known as
International titles
- Jogo MortalPT
- ๋ฏธํค ์ค ๋ํคKR
- ๋ง์ดํค ์ค ๋ํคKR
- ่ฃๅใใฎใกใญใใฃJP
