The read
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
An over-the-hill gumshoe in Los Angeles seeks to avenge the killing of an old pal, another detective who was involved in a case concerning a murdered broad, stolen stamps, a nickel-plated handgun, a cheating dolly, and a kidnapped pussycat.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 26 points higher than audiences do.
69 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert BentonDirector
- Kenneth WannbergOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BentonWriter
Cast
- Art CarneyIra Wells
- Lily TomlinMargo
- Bill MacyCharlie Hatter
- Eugene RocheRon Birdwell
- Joanna CassidyLaura Birdwell
- John ConsidineLamar
- Ruth NelsonMrs. Schmidt
- John DaveySergeant Dayton
- Howard DuffHarry Regan
- Ray PourchotTheatre Patron (uncredited)
- Linn ZuckermanHippie Gardener (uncredited)