The King of Marvin Gardens
1972 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 6,269 VOTES · DIR. Bob Rafelson
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,131 lines
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00:00:15 I promised that I would tell you...
00:04:07 stewed tomatoes with peppers and onions...
00:11:29 person-to-person, after midnight.
00:15:58 That's me. Don't pass Go, don't collect $200.
00:22:27 Woodrow Wilson used to stay here. Did you know that?
00:26:01 And this bitch, Shirley...
00:29:19 And you can run a place this big?
00:33:04 - Things are a mess again. - Put it in a nutshell.
00:36:33 What are you looking at? Am I running burlesque?
00:39:52 You take a bath in there sometime. Will you? Take one bath in there.
00:43:35 You should have all the time you need.
00:47:16 We don't want your money, ladies. Here you go.
00:51:52 No saltwater taffy.
00:56:50 Who are more than pretty
01:00:53 We're not talking about Las Vegas.
01:03:54 That's the perfect example.
01:09:21 - Take that, too! - Fast as you can go. Go!
01:12:58 And eyelashes.
01:17:40 Oh, aren't we chichi?
01:21:51 Don't move.
01:27:16 Yeah?
01:30:46 Some pitiful shine off the streets with moderate brains.
01:33:35 You two run off with Jessie and leave me here alone!
01:38:16 No sense in not going along for the ride...
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,131
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line01:38:16
Production Record
DirectorBob Rafelson
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes6,269