The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

Directors

Bob Rafelson

Cast

Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn, Julia Anne Robinson, Scatman Crothers, Arnold Williams, Sully Boyar, Josh Mostel, Imogene Bliss, Charles LaVine, Jerry Fujikawa, Conrad Yama, Maxwell 'Sonny' Goldberg, William Pabst, Ann Thomas

The story

David and Jason Staebler are brothers, the former a depressive living with his grandfather in Philadelphia, where he runs a late-night radio talk show, and the latter an extrovert con man working for gang boss Lewis in Atlantic City, where he lives with the manic depressive Sally, a former beauty queen and prostitute, and her stepdaughter Jessica, who entertains men alongside her stepmother. After no contact for 18 months, Jason asks David to come to Atlantic City for an opportunity to "make our fortune". David arrives and, after he is bailed out of jail, Jason persuades him to stay on in his hotel suite with the two women.

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