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Mickey One (1965)After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One." As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him... See full summary » Director:Arthur PennWriter:Alan M. Surgal |
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Jenny Drayton
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Ed Castle
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Ruby Lopp
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Teddy Hart | ... |
George Berson
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Larry Fryer
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Kamatari Fujiwara | ... |
The Artist
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Donna Michelle | ... |
The Girl
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Ralph Foody | ... |
Police Captain
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Norman Gottschalk | ... |
The Evangelist
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Dick Lucas | ... |
Employment Agent
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Jack Goodman | ... |
Cafeteria Manager
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Jeri Jensen | ... |
Helen
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Charlene Lee | ... |
The Singer
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Benny Dunn | ... |
Nightclub Comic
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After incurring the wrath of the mob, a comic flees Detroit for Chicago taking the name "Mickey One." As he returns to the stage and becomes successful, he fears that the mob will track him down. He wishes to square himself with the mob, but doesn't know what he did to anger them or what his debt is. Written by <JeanneArmintrout@juno.com>
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Number One... In Excitement... In Drama... In Suspense... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
27 September 1965 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Location filming was done in Chicago March through May of 1964. The stars stayed at the Astor Towers Hotel during filming. Interiors were shot at Fred Niles Studios which are now Oprah's Harpo Studios. The exterior of the Xanadu night club in the film was the old Gate of Horn folk club at the southeast corner of Dearborn & Chicago. The interior night club scenes were shot in what had been the short-lived "new" Chez Paree at 400 N. Wabash. The film opened in Chicago on October 27, 1965 at the Woods Theater which can be seen in film with the film "The Cardinal" listed on the marquee. See more »Quotes
Mickey One: I'm the king of the silent pictures. I'm hiding out till the talkies blow over. Will you leave me alone?See more »
This is a movie where the landscape is a major character. Arthur Penn made the most of his Chicago locale. Much of what he used is no longer standing, but it is deeply ingrained in true Chicago-influenced art: not just the works of Nelson Algren, but Richard Wright, Theodore Dreiser and James T. Farrell, blues artists from Maxwell Street, Ivan Allbright's grotesque paintings, the non-fiction of Studs Terkel and Upton Sinclair, Gwendolyn Brooks' poems all drew a kind of grimy vitality from this landscape, as well.
There are bits and pieces of that Chicago still standing. I know them when I see them, because--even in person--they leave me with the impression of being in black and white monochrome rather than color. If you get to see this black and white part of Chicago or some other big city (older parts of Tokyo are like this too), you will see how a place can exert such a powerful influence on the people in it. If you accept that premise in this movie, the actions of the characters become more understandable. What may at first glance seem absurd becomes reasonable (if not rational), given the influence of the environment.