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Feature film — 1972

The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

5.91h 43mDrama

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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A high-signal pick with 102 votes.

BBS Productions / Columbia Pictures

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Director: Bob Rafelson

On screen

Cast & crew

Jack Nicholson as David Staebler

Jack Nicholson

David Staebler

Bruce Dern as Jason Staebler

Bruce Dern

Jason Staebler

Ellen Burstyn as Sally

Ellen Burstyn

Sally

J

Julia Anne Robinson

Jessica

Scatman Crothers as Lewis

Scatman Crothers

Lewis

C

Charles LaVine

Grandfather

John P. Ryan as Surtees

John P. Ryan

Surtees

Sully Boyar as Lebowitz

Sully Boyar

Lebowitz

Josh Mostel as Frank

Josh Mostel

Frank

A

Arnold Williams

Rosko

W

William Pabst

Bidlack

Garry Goodrow as Nervous Man

Garry Goodrow

Nervous Man

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