Little Murders (1971)

Directed by

Alan Arkin

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 72 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In a New York City neighborhood falling apart from random shootings and trash strikes, a woman introduces her unflappable boyfriend to her deeply dysfunctional family.

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What happens

Little Murders is a 1971 American black comedy film directed by Alan Arkin, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd. Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a woman, Patsy Newquist (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred Chamberlain (Gould), to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of random shootings, garbage strikes and electrical outages ravaging their New York City neighborhood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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