Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

1976 · 106 min · EN · R · 6.8 (121 votes)
Dir. Elaine May · Starring Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey · Music John Strauss

...don’t expect to like ‘em.

CrimeDrama

In Philadelphia, a small-time bookie who stole mob money is in hiding and he begs a childhood friend to help him evade the hit-man who's on his trail.

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A suffocating, one-night descent into urban desperation. The air crackles with paranoia and the suffocating weight of doomed male friendship. Every shadow feels menacing, every conversation a ticking clock towards inevitable tragedy.

grittytensedepressinganxiousclaustrophobicfreneticgritty realismcharacter studyneo-noirlate-70s cinemaloyaltydesperationmasculinityfateurban decay
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