Mikey and Nicky

Name: Mikey and Nicky
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1976-12-21
Duration: 1 h 46 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace

...don't expect to like 'em.

Mikey and Nicky (1976)

Timing: 1:46 (106 min)

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Budget

$4 300 000

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Director

Elaine May

Actors

Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, Ned Beatty, Rose Arrick, Carol Grace, William Hickey, Sanford Meisner, Joyce Van Patten, M. Emmet Walsh, Sy Travers
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Scenario

Elaine May

Producer

Michael Hausman, Bud Austin

Camera operator

Victor J. Kemper

Composer

John Strauss

Artist

Paul Sylbert

Audition

Wayne Carson

Editing

Sheldon Kahn, John Carter
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Short description

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…

What's left behind the scenes

Director Elaine May viewed this project as personal, as she herself grew up in a family somehow connected to the criminal world, and she depicted the petty criminals she once knew in the film's characters.
Elaine May used 1.4 million feet of film (approximately 0.5 km) during filming.
Peter Falk (1927-2011) was convinced that Ned Beatty (1937-2021) was the brother of Warren Beatty.
The film's editing took a year and took place in a room at the Sunset Marquis Hotel in West Hollywood (a city within the Los Angeles metropolitan area). The film's release was delayed for another year due to lawsuits and counter-suits regarding ownership rights. When Paramount Pictures attempted to take ownership of the film, it was alleged that May and Falk—who by that time were financially invested in the project's success—had deliberately hidden two boxes of film to delay its release. May did not direct another film for almost 10 years, and then directed the unsuccessful comedy 'Ishtar' (1987).