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Pulp Details

1972

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Starring	Giulio Donnini, Luciano Pigozzi, Al Lettieri, Lionel Stander
Director	Mike Hodges
Genres	Drama

Pulp

Pulp fiction writer Mickey King (Michael Caine) gets mixed up with gangsters and murder on the island of Malta in this parody of private eye mysteries. It all begins when movie legend Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney) hires King to ghostwrite an autobiography about his colourful life, now he's dying of cancer. And Gilbert, who now lives in a secluded villa with his mistress, wife and bodyguard, will pull no punches in the book. The former actor wants to include the names of the many shady people he's known over the years. But then Gilbert ends up dead, and King turns sleuth to find out who killed him. In the process, the writer finds himself in the same dangerous position as the famous screen private eyes who have inspired him.

Starring	Giulio Donnini, Luciano Pigozzi, Al Lettieri, Lionel Stander, Amerigo Tot, Robert Sacchi, Leopoldo Trieste, Mickey Rooney, Joe Zammit Cordina, Nadia Cassini, Lizabeth Scott, Dennis Price, Michael Caine
Director	Mike Hodges
Studio	MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 32 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 1972 To Rent: DVD: 06 Sep 2004

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- Writer/director Hodges took his abrasive, mordant style from the Newcastle of Get Carter to the Mediterranean for this,... read more on Time Out
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  Going Through The Motions
  
  Director Mike Hodges and star Michael Caine reunite after working together on Get Carter. But this is no Get Carter!
  
  I remember enjoying Pulp when it... read more »
  
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  - 28 Mar 2005 at 10:52
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  WAFFLE
  
  NOTHING LIKE PULP FICTION
  
  POOR STORY
  
  BOARING
  
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  For all Malta Fans
  
  I am not a huge Michael Caine fan, but I thought he was great in this film. He plays it with just enough tongue in cheek so as not to reduce the film to a farce... read more »
  
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  - 04 Apr 2008 at 10:07
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  Mickey Spillaine Meets Mickey Caine
  
  It seems that now Michael Caine is suddenly cool. Pulp proves that he always has been cool. After making Get Carter, Caine teamed up again with director Mike ... read more »
  
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  Pulp fiction writer Mickey King (Michael Caine) gets mixed up with gangsters and murder on the island of Malta in this parody of private eye mysteries. It all begins when movie legend Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney) hires King to ghostwrite an autobiography about his colourful life, now he's dying ...