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Mike Hodges (written by)
Release Date:
November 1972 (USA)
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Tagline:
Write it. Live it. But try not to be it. more
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A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta. full summary | add synopsis
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Stenographer
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Exile
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Eccentric
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Princess
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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 |
| Al Lettieri | ... | Miller |
| Leopoldo Trieste | ... | Marcovic |
| Amerigo Tot | ... | Partisan |
| Robert Sacchi | ... | Jim Norman (as Roberto Sacchi) |
| Giulio Donnini | ... | Typing pool manager |
| Joe Zammit Cordina | ... | The Beautiful Thing |
| Luciano Pigozzi | ... | Clairvoyant |
| Maria Cumani Quasimodo | ... | Office manager (as Maria Quasimodo) |
| Liu Bosisio | ... | Typist #1 |
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Memoirs of a Ghostwriter (USA) (working title)
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95 min
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The original title was "Memoirs of a Ghostwriter".
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Mickey King:
You are my very first princess.
Princess Betty Cippola: Am I?
Mickey King: I'll bet that was a fairy tale romance.
Princess Betty Cippola: On the contrary, the prince was very hetero.
Princess Betty Cippola: [to Gilbert] Isn't that right, superstar?
Preston Gilbert: Heh, heh, heh.
Mickey King: Isn't he big in the New Front?
Princess Betty Cippola: Yes, but he was a Christian Democrat when I met him.
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Princess Betty Cippola: Am I?
Mickey King: I'll bet that was a fairy tale romance.
Princess Betty Cippola: On the contrary, the prince was very hetero.
Princess Betty Cippola: [to Gilbert] Isn't that right, superstar?
Preston Gilbert: Heh, heh, heh.
Mickey King: Isn't he big in the New Front?
Princess Betty Cippola: Yes, but he was a Christian Democrat when I met him.
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References The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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Dryly irreverent, but sadly unfunny satire of detective movies, with stony-faced Michael Caine playing a British author of trashy crime stories traveling to the Mediterraean to assist in writing the memoirs of a would-be gangster; soon, he realizes he's being followed and his life is in danger. Caine narrates the proceedings with considerable sly wit and low-keyed sarcasm, but his actual performance is bereft of energy (Caine's shrill bursts of anger or frustration seem to come out of nowhere, and he connects with nobody on the screen). Other cast members (particularly Mickey Rooney, a silver-haired Lionel Stander, and Lizabeth Scott) do very well in colorfully outré roles, though Al Lettieri has an insulting part as an apparent cross-dressing homosexual (Lettieri gets insulted without being able to defend himself, an unenviable position). Writer-director Mike Hodges has the germ of a good idea (satirize the detective movies of the 1940s without compromising the hard-boiled talk and milieu), but he hasn't a very sharp sense of humor. When a Bogart lookalike--asking a question about a falcon--is the best joke, what follows is anemic indeed. ** from ****