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"Write it. Live it. But try not to be it."

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.

Top Cast

  • Michael Caine

    Michael Caine

    Mickey King

  • Mickey Rooney

    Mickey Rooney

    Preston Gilbert

  • Lionel Stander

    Lionel Stander

    Ben Dinuccio

  • Lizabeth Scott

    Lizabeth Scott

    Princess Betty Cippola

  • Nadia Cassini

    Nadia Cassini

    Liz Adams

  • Dennis Price

    Dennis Price

    The Englishman

  • Al Lettieri

    Al Lettieri

    Miller

  • Leopoldo Trieste

    Leopoldo Trieste

    Marcovic

  • Amerigo Tot

    Amerigo Tot

    Partisan

Overview

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.

Rating

5.8 / 10
51 Reviews
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1 Reviews

  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    6 May 28, 2023

    Despite an half decent cast, Michael Caine ("King") just can't carry this and after about fifteen minutes, once we have established the premiss, it all just falls into a well trammelled line of mediocrity. He is a sort of penny dreadful style of author, who is offered the opportunity to write the biography of former Hollywood star "Preston Gilbert" (Mickey Rooney) at his Maltese home. Once there, he soon appreciates that his employer is the target of an assassin working for some mobsters. Suffice to say, he doesn't remain a target for long - and it falls to "King" to stay alive himself, whilst completing his story about the eccentric "Gilbert". It had potential, this - but sadly the plot runs out of steam very quickly, the humour is too sparse and contrived and though there are plenty of bit-part characterisations that try to keep the story interesting, it all just withers on the bough. Not terrible, but unremarkable.

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