The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1972-10-13
Genre:Drama
Duration:103 min
Country:United States of America
Director:Bob Rafelson
Actors:Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers
Production:BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures

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.

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