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The King of Marvin Gardens(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-10-13
59%
94 Votes
Time: 1h 43m
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
BBS Productions
Movie: The King of Marvin Gardens
Top 10 Billed 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
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