The King of Marvin Gardens
1972•R•1h 43m•5.9•Released
Drama
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.
Director
Bob Rafelson
Writer
Bob Rafelson, Jacob Brackman
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
BBS Productions
Cast
Jack Nicholson
David Staebler
Bruce Dern
Jason Staebler
Ellen Burstyn
Sally
Julia Anne Robinson
Jessica
Scatman Crothers
Lewis
Charles LaVine
Grandfather
John P. Ryan
Surtees
Sully Boyar
Lebowitz
Josh Mostel
Frank
Arnold Williams
Rosko
William Pabst
Bidlack
Garry Goodrow
Nervous Man
Imogene Bliss
Magda
Ann Thomas
Bambi
Tom Overton
Spot Operator
Production
Company
BBS Productions
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Bob Rafelson
Producer
Harold Schneider
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