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Pulp (1972)

Pulp poster
Directed by
Mike Hodges
Genre
comedy film, parody film, neo-noir, comedy thriller
Country
Australia, United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A writer of pulp novels gets caught up in a strange crime plot involving an aging movie star. The story follows his misadventures as he tries to sort out what is real and what is fiction.

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What happens

Pulp is a 1972 British comedy thriller film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine, Mickey Rooney and Lizabeth Scott (in her final screen appearance). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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