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1971 • 1h 48min • PG • Comedy, Crime

Little Murders

"Funny in a new and frightening way!"

A young nihilistic New Yorker copes with pervasive urban violence, obscene phone calls, rusty water pipes, electrical blackouts, paranoia, and ethnic-racial conflict during a typical summer of the 1970s.

IMDb 6.9

RT 69%

Director

Alan Arkin

Writer

Jules Feiffer

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Elliott Gould

Alfred Chamberlain

Marcia Rodd

Patsy Newquist

Vincent Gardenia

Carol Newquist

Elizabeth Wilson

Marge Newquist

Jon Korkes

Kenny Newquist

John Randolph

Mr. Chamberlain

Doris Roberts

Mrs. Chamberlain

Lou Jacobi

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