The King of Marvin Gardens

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jack Nicholson David Staebler

Bruce Dern Jason Staebler

Ellen Burstyn Sally

Julia Anne Robinson Jessica

Scatman Crothers Lewis