Synopsis
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes71%
101 audience votes
Key crew
- Bob RafelsonDirector
- Bob RafelsonWriter
- Jacob BrackmanWriter
Cast
- Jack NicholsonDavid Staebler
- Bruce DernJason Staebler
- Ellen BurstynSally
- Julia Anne RobinsonJessica
- Scatman CrothersLewis
- Charles LaVineGrandfather
- John P. RyanSurtees
- Sully BoyarLebowitz
- Josh MostelFrank
- Arnold WilliamsRosko
- William PabstBidlack
- Garry GoodrowNervous Man
Stills
Themes
sibling relationshipmonopolyboardwalkjailmobsterdreamer