"Write it. Live it. But try not to be it."
Pulp
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.
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Michael Caine
Mickey King
Mickey Rooney
Preston Gilbert
Lionel Stander
Ben Dinuccio
Lizabeth Scott
Princess Betty Cippola
Nadia Cassini
Liz Adams
Dennis Price
The Englishman
Al Lettieri
Miller
Leopoldo Trieste
Marcovic
Amerigo Tot
Partisan
Robert Sacchi
The Bogeyman
Giulio Donnini
Typing Pool Manager
Luciano Pigozzi
Clairvoyant
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See all on TMDBDespite 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, …