The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

The King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

  • 6.5
  • 104 mins
  • Drama

Storyline

'It's Monopoly out there'. Jason Staebler, The King of Marvin Gardens, has gone directly to jail, lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is also a dreamer who asks his brother, David, a radio personality from Philadelphia to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island - asking him to believe in yet another of his dreams, yet another of his get-rich-quick schemes. But luck is against them both and the game ends badly - real life reduced to radio drama.—Dave Cook



Short Review

There hasn't been a more enveloping, more desolating - or for that matter funnier - put down of America in years.


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