Pulp (1972)

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(2903)

Country: UK
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release: 1973-04-05
Director: Mike Hodges
Writers: Mike Hodges
Language: German | Italian | English
Stars: Michael Caine , Mickey Rooney , Lionel Stander , Lizabeth Scott , Nadia Cassini , Dennis Price , Al Lettieri , Leopoldo Trieste , Amerigo Tot , Robert Sacchi
Runtime: 95 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Historias peligrosas (Spain) , Memoirs of a Ghostwriter (United States of America) , Diário de um Gângster (Brazil) , Βήματα στο άγνωστο (Greece) , Vimata sto agnosto (Greece) , Pulp (Canada) , Retraite mortelle (France, French Republic) , Кримка (Bulgaria) , Aku no shinshi roku (Japan) , Bulvarinis skaitalas (Lithuania) , Skyt ikke på skribenten (Norway) , Batota no jogo (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Pulp (United Kingdom) , Scandal (United States of America) , Pulp - Malta sehen und sterben , Дешевое чтиво , Colpiscono senza pietà (Italy) , Malta sehen und sterben (Germany) , Døden i pocketutgave (Norway) , Pulp , Máltát látni és meghalni (Hungary) , Malta sehen und sterben , Diario de un gángster (Argentina)
Plot: Michael King is a seedy writer of sleazy pulp genre novels under a half-dozen sensational pseudonyms whose ambition is to dictate ten thousand words per minute to stenographers a la Earle Stanley Gardner. He's recruited by the agent of Preston Gilbert, a quirky ex-Hollywood star currently living reclusively in exile in Malta, to help him write his biography. Despite being pursued by an enigmatic hitman, Gilbert has a large entourage of eccentrics and remains an inveterate practical joker. After Gilbert is eventually murdered by an apparent Priest, King tries to stay alive while interacting with a variety of idiosyncratic characters including an ersatz Princess, a henpecked clairvoyant, and a cross-dressing hitman.
IMDB:tt0069134