The King of Marvin Gardens
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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Cast
24 people
Jack Nicholson
David Staebler
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Bruce Dern
Jason Staebler
Known for
Nebraska
The Hateful Eight
Ellen Burstyn
Sally
Known for
Requiem for a Dream
The Exorcist
Julia Anne Robinson
Jessica
Also in
Getting Straight
Scatman Crothers
Lewis
Known for
The Shining
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Charles LaVine
Grandfather
No other roles listed
John P. Ryan
Surtees
Known for
Bound
It's Alive
Sully Boyar
Lebowitz
Known for
Dog Day Afternoon
Car Wash
Josh Mostel
Frank
Known for
Billy Madison
Big Daddy
Arnold Williams
Rosko
Known for
Live and Let Die
The Panic in Needle Park
William Pabst
Bidlack
Also in
Portnoy's Complaint
Going in Style
Garry Goodrow
Nervous Man
Known for
Dirty Dancing
Escape from Alcatraz
Bob Rafelson Director · Jacob Brackman Writer László Kovács Cinematographer
Budget $1M · United States release October 13, 1972 · Produced in United States
Box office
Budget
$1,000,000
Production
BBS Productions
Production
Columbia Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · October 12, 1972
Premiere
United States · October 13, 1972
Theatrical
France
April 26, 1973 · Theatrical
June 12, 2013 · Physical
September 28, 2016 · Theatrical
Italy
August 31, 1975 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
March 3, 1977 · Theatrical
Poland
August 5, 2007 · Digital
United Kingdom
July 27, 1973 · Theatrical
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