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November 1972 (USA) moreTagline:
Write it. Live it. But try not to be it. morePlot:
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 synopsisUser Comments:
Cult Classic more (24 total)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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95 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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MaltaFun Stuff
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The original title was "Memoirs of a Ghostwriter". moreQuotes:
Princess Betty Cippola: So, you're Mickey King, Superstar's Boswell. Did he tell you about... me?Mickey King: If you're Lon Chaney - yes.
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Pulp is Michael Caine/ Mike Hodges' BEAT THE DEVIL. In that film, Huston and Bogart re-teamed to satirise the films that had made their names and to have some fun at the same time. In PULP, the two Mikes do the same thing.
In its own way, it's as good as Get Carter. Just don't go into it thinking you're going to get the same sort of thing. Mike Hodges looks on it as the flip side to Carter and he's right. In the first film, Caine was as hard as nails. In this, he's as camp as christmas. In his Safari suits and cigarette holder he is clearly Jarvis Cocker's role model.
It's not for everyone. It's not for those that demand their films take themeselves seriously. It's a rather silly film, but it knows this and plays this quality up. Quite rare, but good fun.