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Pulp (1972)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1972 Wide

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Movie Info

A year after Get Carter (1971), director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunited for this comic crime thriller. Caine stars as Mickey King, a writer of cheap paperback detective novels, living in Rome and cranking one noir book after another. King is approached by Ben Dinuccio (Lionel Stander) and offered an abnormally large sum to ghost write the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. The intrigued King agrees and is transported to a remote island where he meets his subject, Preston Gilbert

PG, 1 hr. 35 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

Directed By: Mike Hodges

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1972 Wide

On DVD: Apr 17, 2007

Cast

Michael Caine
Mickey King
Mickey Rooney
Preston Gilbert
Lionel Stander
Ben Dinuccio
Lizabeth Scott
Princess Betty Cippola
Nadia Cassini
Liz Adams
Dennis Price
Mysterious Englishman
Janet Agren
Silvana
Joe Zammit Cordina
Santana
Cyrus Elias
First Guide
Anne Louise Lambert
American Tourist
Al Lettieri
Miller
Ave Ninchi
Chambermaid
Luciano Pigozzi
Del Duce
Robert Sacchi
Jim Norman
Amerigo Tot
Sotgio
Leopoldo Trieste
Marcovic
Kate Sullivan
Joan Crawford
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Senora Pavone
Giulio Donnini
Office Manager of Typin...
Louis Caruana
Toni
Iver Gilborn
Bus Tourists
Werner Hasselman
American Tourist
Roy Marmara
Mario
Victor Mercieca
Prince Cippola
Cettina Borg Oliver
Gilbert's Mother

Critic Reviews for Pulp

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (2) | DVD (9)

Hodges avails himself of the private-eye genre's deaths, sex and homophobia, yet comedy loosens his nihilism

March 15, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Director Mike Hodges reunited with his "Get Carter" star Michael Caine for this follow-up, a lighthearted take on the genre...

April 26, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

A sempre presente narra��o em off � um dos muitos problemas do filme - especialmente se considerarmos que o narrador � justamente um escritor med�ocre.

December 10, 2003 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

Had some fun in it.

September 4, 2001 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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I caught this on TV, and I didn't understand it at all, then I saw it again from the beginning, and I still couldn't quite understand what was all going on. This movie is confusing and stupid. I wouldn't recommend this movie.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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Ordinary crime caper with the conceit of trying to bring pulp novel conventions to screen with only middling results. Lizabeth Scott has a small secondary role here, her last screen appearance.

January 15, 2010