Mickey One (1965)
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80% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(193 ratings)
Often described as a French New Wave film made in Hollywood, Arthur Penn's 1965 art movie enters the unsettlingly paranoid world of a nightclub comic on the run from the Mob. Having fooled around with the wrong blonde and gambled himself into an unpayable debt, an entertainer (Warren Beatty)… More Often described as a French New Wave film made in Hollywood, Arthur Penn's 1965 art movie enters the unsettlingly paranoid world of a nightclub comic on the run from the Mob. Having fooled around with the wrong blonde and gambled himself into an unpayable debt, an entertainer (Warren Beatty) flees to Chicago, where he hides out and changes his name to Mickey One. He hooks up with Jenny (Alexandra Stewart) and Castle (Hurd Hatfield), the owner of the nightclub Xanadu, but he cannot shake the paralyzing conviction that he's being pursued no matter where he is. After being beaten by unknown assailants, Mickey finally decides that escape is impossible, so he might as well just do his thing. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi
- Directed By
- Arthur Penn
- Written By
- Alan M. Surgal
- Genres
- Drama, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Sep 27, 1965 Wide
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
West Chicago has never been more lunar and rapturously stark than as filmed by Ghislain Cloquet for Penn's Mickey One.
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Flawed (it's A bit artsy and pretentious), but full of interesting ideas and characters, this collaboration between star Warren Beatty and director Arthur Penn precedes by two years Bonnie and Clyde, their masterpiece.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Pretentious art film that lacks the power to hold the viewer's attention.
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Cast
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Warren Beatty
as Mickey One
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Hurd Hatfield
as Castle
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Alexandra Stewart
as Jenny
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Teddy Hart
as Berson
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Jeff Corey
as Fryer
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Kamatari Fujiwara
as The Artist
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Franchot Tone
as Ruby Lapp
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Benny Dunn
as Nightclub Comic
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Mike Fish
as Italian Restaurant Owner
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Ralph Foody
as Police Captain
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Norman Gottschalk
as The Evangelist
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Charlene Lee
as The Singer
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Donna Michelle
as The Girl
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Helen Witkowski
as Landlady
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Robert Sickinger
as Policeman
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James Middleton
as Iggie
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Lucas Dick
as Employment Agent
