The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes77%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
52 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike HodgesDirector
- Mike HodgesWriter
Cast
- Michael CaineMickey King
- Mickey RooneyPreston Gilbert
- Lionel StanderBen Dinuccio
- Lizabeth ScottPrincess Betty Cippola
- Nadia CassiniLiz Adams
- Dennis PriceThe Englishman
- Al LettieriMiller
- Leopoldo TriesteMarcovic
- Amerigo TotPartisan
- Robert SacchiThe Bogeyman
- Giulio DonniniTyping Pool Manager
- Luciano PigozziClairvoyant
Stills
Themes
funeralclairvoyanceauthorwriter