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Movie Info

Jack Armstrong (Tom Aldredge) throws both caution and his career as a chicken farmer to the wind and becomes a coffee shop owner in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, he soon has to contend with gangsters, corrupt politicians and a variety of city slickers who want to take advantage him. Luckily, not every New Yorker is so unkind, and Jack finds some unexpected help in the form of hip local girl Denver (Joan Darling) and streetwise lawyer T.R. Kingston (Buck Henry), who help keep the cafe afloat.

Genre:

comedy
Original Language:

English
Director:

Theodore J. Flicker
Producer:

Robert Gaffney
Writer:

Theodore J. Flicker, Buck Henry
Runtime:

1h 20m

Cast & Crew

Tom Aldredge
Jack Armstrong

Buck Henry
T. R. Kingston

Joan Darling
Denver James

Theodore J. Flicker
Mr. Big

James Frawley
Sal Kelly , Sol Kelly , Judge Kelly

Theodore J. Flicker
Director

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Critic Reviews for The Troublemaker

All Critics (2) | Fresh (1) | Rotten (1)

Much of the humor works and some of the satire is brilliant.

January 24, 2020 | Full Review…

Merl Edelman
Los Angeles Free Press
This is as heavy-handed and unamusing an attempt at comedy as any of those Hollywood productions I complained of here recently.

August 13, 2019 | Full Review…

Dwight MacDonald
Esquire Magazine