The King of Marvin Gardens is a 1972 American drama film. It stars Jack Nicholson, Bruce Dern, Ellen Burstyn and Scatman Crothers. It is one of several collaborations between Nicholson and director Bob Rafelson. The majority of the film is set in a wintry Atlantic City, New Jersey, with the plot and the cinematography by László Kovács. The title alludes to one of the properties in the game Monopoly . Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern play estranged siblings David and Jason, the former a depressive late-night-radio talk show host, the latter an extroverted con man. When Jason drags... his younger brother and his bitter aging beauty-queen squeeze, Sally , to a dreary Atlantic City and into a real-estate scam, events spiral toward tragedy. The skeptical David has no faith in Jason's scam. Jason chides David for wallowing in his dark, lonely depressed life. Sally becomes disgruntled and shoots Jason. David escorts his brother's corpse home to Philadelphia by train. The movie was filmed almost entirely in Atlantic City in 1972, before the big Casino-Hotels arrived. The character of Jessica is a stepdaughter of Sally's from a prior marriage.
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| Release date: | October 12, 1972 |
| Directed by: | Bob Rafelson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 103 Minutes |
| Cinematography: | László Kovács |
| Screenplay by: | Jacob Brackman |