The Nickel Ride (1974)
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65% of users liked it
(81 ratings)
The events leading up to the death of a small-time Los Angeles hood provides the basis of this gripping crime drama. The doomed gangster is known as the "key man" because he manages several warehouses containing oodles of pilfered loot. They mobsters have stolen so much that they are… More The events leading up to the death of a small-time Los Angeles hood provides the basis of this gripping crime drama. The doomed gangster is known as the "key man" because he manages several warehouses containing oodles of pilfered loot. They mobsters have stolen so much that they are running out of space and so desperately need more storage units. They send the fellow out to negotiate for more space, but this takes time. His boss gets nervous and believing the big-hearted "key man" to be more of a risk than an asset orders him carefully watched and ultimately destroyed. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Mulligan
- Written By
- Eric Roth
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 15, 1975 Limited
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television
Avant-garde gangster film with a brilliant use of color and an unusually gentle protagonist.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It pulls no punches in telling it the way the syndicate operates!
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Cast
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Jason Miller
as Cooper
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Linda Haynes
as Sarah
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John Hillerman
as Carl
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Bo Hopkins
as Turner
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Victor French
as Paddie
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Richard Evans
as Bobby
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Lou Frizzell
as Paulie
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Bart Burns
as Elias
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Brendan Burns
as Larry
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Lee de Broux
as Harry
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L. Harvey Gold
as Chester
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Jeanne Lange
as Jeannie
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Mark Gordon
as Tonozzi
