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The Nickel Ride

 
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The Nickel Ride

 
  • Director: Robert Mulligan
  • AMG Rating: starstarstar
  • Genre: Crime
  • Movie Type: Crime Drama, Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
  • Themes: Fall From Power
  • Main Cast: Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, John Hillerman, Bo Hopkins, Victor French
  • Release Year: 1974
  • Country: US
  • Run Time: 106 minutes
  • MPAA Rating: PG

Plot

The events leading up to the death of a small-time Los Angeles hood provides the basis of this gripping crime drama. The doomed gangster is known as the "key man" because he manages several warehouses containing oodles of pilfered loot. They mobsters have stolen so much that they are running out of space and so desperately need more storage units. They send the fellow out to negotiate for more space, but this takes time. His boss gets nervous and believing the big-hearted "key man" to be more of a risk than an asset orders him carefully watched and ultimately destroyed. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Cast

Richard Evans - Bobby; Lou Frizzell - Paulie; Bart Burns - Elias; Brendan Burns - Larry; Lee de Broux - Harry; Harvey Gold - Chester; Jeanne Lange - Jeannie; Mark Gordon - Tonozzi

Credit

Lawrence G. Paull - Art Director, Robert Mulligan - Director, O. Nicholas Brown - Editor, Nick Brown - Editor, Dave Grusin - Composer (Music Score), Jordan S. Cronenweth - Cinematographer, Robert Mulligan - Producer, Lawrence Turman - Producer, David Foster - Producer, Jack Stephens - Set Designer, Jack Stevens - Set Designer, Gene S. Cantamessa - Sound/Sound Designer, Don Bassman - Sound/Sound Designer, Eric Roth - Screenwriter

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