The King of Marvin Gardens

Oct 13 1972 R 1h 43m
Drama

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.

Plot

'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.

Written by

Jacob Brackman, Bob Rafelson

Directed by

Bob Rafelson

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures, BBS Productions

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
6,461
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA