PULP (MOVIE) - DVD-1972-MICHAEL CAINE-MGM LIMITED EDITI

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• Release Year: 1972
• Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
• 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.
• Cast: Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander
• Director: Mike Hodges
• Runtime: 95 min
• Media Format: movie