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Title: Mikey and Nicky

Release Date: 21 Dec 1976

Runtime: 1h 46m

Genre: Crime, Drama

Director: Paramount Pictures

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures

Overview: Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (160 votes)

Cast

  • Mikey: Peter Falk
  • Nicky: John Cassavetes
  • Kinney: Ned Beatty
  • Annie: Rose Arrick
  • Nellie: Carol Grace
  • Sid Fine: William Hickey
  • Dave Resnick: Sanford Meisner
  • Jan: Joyce Van Patten
  • Bus Driver: M. Emmet Walsh
  • Hotel Clerk: Sy Travers
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