The King of Marvin Gardens

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.

Directed by Bob Rafelson

Top cast

Jack Nicholson

David Staebler

Bruce Dern

Jason Staebler

Ellen Burstyn

Sally

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Julia Anne Robinson

Jessica

Scatman Crothers

Lewis

C

Charles LaVine

Grandfather

John P. Ryan

Surtees

Sully Boyar

Lebowitz

Josh Mostel

Frank

A

Arnold Williams

Rosko

W

William Pabst

Bidlack

Garry Goodrow

Nervous Man

I

Imogene Bliss

Magda

A

Ann Thomas

Bambi

T

Tom Overton

Spot Operator

M

Maxwell Goldberg

Sonny

V

Van Kirksey

Messenger #1

Tony King

Messenger #2

J

Jerry Fujikawa

Agura

C

Conrad Yama

Fujito

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