The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972•1h 43m•5.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(94)

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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Production

BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Jack Nicholson

Jack Nicholson

David Staebler

Bruce Dern

Bruce Dern

Jason Staebler

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Sally

Julia Anne Robinson

Jessica

Scatman Crothers

Scatman Crothers

Lewis

Charles LaVine

Grandfather

John P. Ryan

John P. Ryan

Surtees

Sully Boyar

Sully Boyar

Lebowitz

Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

Frank

Arnold Williams

Rosko

William Pabst

Bidlack

Garry Goodrow

Garry Goodrow

Nervous Man

Imogene Bliss

Magda

Ann Thomas

Bambi

Tom Overton

Spot Operator

Maxwell Goldberg

Sonny

Van Kirksey

Messenger #1

Tony King

Tony King

Messenger #2

Jerry Fujikawa

Agura

Conrad Yama

Fujito

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