Directed by:
Mike HodgesScreenplay:
Mike HodgesCinematography:
Ousama RawiComposer:
George MartinCast:
Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Dennis Price, Al Lettieri, Janet Agren, Cristina Gaioni, Ave Ninchi, Liù Bosisio (more)Plots(1)
Mickey King (Michael Caine) writes pulp, lives pulp and very soon could be pulp. While ghostwriting an autobiography for Hollywood star Preston Gilbert (Mickey Rooney), Mickey ends up investigating a murder. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Michael Caine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/119/164119074_392562.jpg)
Michael Caine
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Inception (2010)
The Prestige (2006)
![Mickey Rooney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/509/161509525_6fd727.jpg)
Mickey Rooney
USA
Best movies:
Captains Courageous (1937)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
![Lionel Stander](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272141_ac0877.jpg)
Lionel Stander
USA
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Blast of Silence (1961)
![Lizabeth Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/097/319/97319124_dd396b.jpg)
Lizabeth Scott
USA
Best movies:
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Loving You (1957)
Dead Reckoning (1947)
![Dennis Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272656_7a80e3.jpg)
Dennis Price
UK
Best movies:
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Ten Little Indians (1965)
![Al Lettieri](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278278_9fb288.jpg)
Al Lettieri
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
The Getaway (1972)
![Janet Agren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/360/360390_ecd71f.jpg)
Janet Agren
Sweden
Best movies:
Avanti! (1972)
Life Is Tough, Eh Providence? (1972)
Murder Near Perfect (1983)
Cristina Gaioni
Italy
Best movies:
Love at Twenty (1962)
La tempesta (1958)
The Shortest Day (1963)
Ave Ninchi
Italy
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Purple Noon (1960)
The Nun's Story (1959)
![Liù Bosisio](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/483/483270_cdca88.jpg)
Liù Bosisio
Italy
Best movies:
1900 (1976)
Sunday Lovers (1980)
The Taxi Driver (1983)
![Leopoldo Trieste](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440800_714a41.jpg)
Leopoldo Trieste
Italy
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
![Nadia Cassini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462485_594f0d.jpg)
Nadia Cassini
USA
Best movies:
Pulp (1972)
Starcrash (1978)
Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (1978)
![Maria Cumani Quasimodo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677334_321c00.jpg)
Maria Cumani Quasimodo
Italy
Best movies:
Nostalgia (1983)
The Rise of Louis XIV (1966) (TV movie)
Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
![Luciano Pigozzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/831/78831442_89bd2b.jpg)
Luciano Pigozzi
Italy
Best movies:
Two Women (1960)
General Della Rovere (1959)
The Roof (1956)
![Robert Sacchi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/410/167410488_7c2e8b.jpg)
Robert Sacchi
USA
Best movies:
Die Hard 2 (1990)
Blast from the Past (1999)
Across 110th Street (1972)
Cyrus Elias
USA
Best movies:
Dem Mörder verfallen - Eine Frau in Gefahr (1999) (TV movie)
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980) (TV movie)
The Octopus (1984) (series) - actor, a.f.
Ermelinda De Felice
Italy
Best movies:
Una questione d'onore (1966)
Seven Beauties (1975)
The Ape Woman (1964)
![Joe Zammit Cordina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/157/162157219_ce13af.jpg)
Joe Zammit Cordina
Malta
Best movies:
Midnight Express (1978)
Pulp (1972)
Giulio Donnini
Italy
Best movies:
I Am the Law (1977)
Todo Modo (1976)
The Kind of Love (1972)