The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

Director: Bob Rafelson (720x480 resolution)



'It's Monopoly out there'. Jason Staebler, The King of Marvin Gardens, has gone directly to jail, lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is also a dreamer who asks his brother, David, a radio personality from Philadelphia to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island - asking him to believe in yet another of his dreams, yet another of his get-rich-quick schemes. But luck is against them both and the game ends badly - real life reduced to radio drama. Written by Dave Cook {cookd@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca} Jack Nicholson ... David Staebler

Bruce Dern ... Jason Staebler



Ellen Burstyn ... Sally

Julia Anne Robinson ... Jessica

Scatman Crothers ... Lewis (as Benjamin 'Scatman' Crothers)

Charles LaVine ... Grandfather

Arnold Williams ... Rosko

John P. Ryan ... Surtees (as John Ryan)

Sully Boyar ... Lebowitz

Josh Mostel ... Frank

William Pabst ... Bidlack

Garry Goodrow ... Nervous man

Imogene Bliss ... Magda

Ann Thomas ... Bambi

Tom Overton ... Spot operator



Trivia: They misspelled Marven Gardens, it's short for Margate-Ventnor. The band marching on the boardwalk is my old High School, the Mainland Regional High School Mustangs.



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