Pulp (film)
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| Pulp | |
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| Directed by | Delbert Mann |
| Produced by | Frederick Brogger |
| Written by | Jack Pulman |
| Starring | Michael Caine Lawrence Douglas Trevor Howard |
| Music by | Roy Budd |
| Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
| Distributed by | American International Pictures (AIP) |
| Release date(s) | 1971 |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
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Pulp is a 1972 British crime, thriller and comedy film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Mickey King, a writer of cheap paperback detective novels.
King, living in Rome churning out one noir book after another, is offered an abnormally large sum to ghostwrite the autobiography of a mystery celebrity. The intrigued King agrees and is transported to a remote island [Malta, where the entire film was shot] where he meets his subject, Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney), a one-time movie star known for playing gangsters and notorious for hanging out with real-life mobsters off the set. Now dying of cancer, Gilbert wants King to jot down his life story before he dies. However, the star is murdered at a party, leaving King with no conclusion to his tale. Playing detective like the heroes of his stories, King pieces together the mystery.
The film is the last movie to feature actress Lizabeth Scott.
Michael Caine was wooing his future wife Shakira during shooting, which contributed to his personal affection for the film.
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