Pulp

1972

Comedy / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

2
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 38% · 13 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 38% · 500 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 3126 3.1K

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Plot summary

A seedy writer of sleazy pulp novels is recruited by a quirky, reclusive ex-actor to help him write his biography at his house in Malta.

Director

Mike Hodges Photo
Mike Hodges

Top cast

Michael Caine Photo
Michael Caine as Mickey King
Amerigo Tot Photo
Amerigo Tot as Partisan
Dennis Price Photo
Dennis Price as The Englishman
Cristina Gaioni Photo
Cristina Gaioni as 2nd Typist
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
877.43 MB
1280*688
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 3
1.59 GB
1920*1032
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by imdb-19548 6 / 10

A nice easy going comedy.

This starts of with quite a few good laughs some visual, some slapstick and a few situation based but gets a little more serious as it progresses.The acting is good with Rooney as the slightly mad client being especially good and Caine is his usual self in the lead.The one liners are delivered well and the occasional difference between what is narrated and what is acted out is amusing.The plot is a little thin and when it gets serious it doesn't do it too well.It's a watchable film with no bad bits and a few good ones but it's nothing special.
Reviewed by WelshFilmCraze 6 / 10

Rather bizarre comedy thriller.

PULP re-teamed Actor Michael Caine and Director Mike Hodges just a year after their Box-Office hit and Modern Classic GET CARTER (1971)Anyone hoping for a Film that is up there with GET CARTER will be sorely disappointed as PULP fails to match the success and quality of the former.PULP has Michael Caine playing Mickey King a rather seedy Author of trashy Pulp Fiction who is hired by a reclusive and quirky former Actor Preston Gilbert (played with huge enthusiasm by Mickey Rooney) to ghostwrite his Autobiography.PULP was a big flop on its original release back in '72 and to a large extent I can understand why, very little actually happens in the Film and Caine's sarcastically witty narration - although funny - has to carry the entire Film - and it ends very suddenly which makes you think 'Oh, that's it then?' which is never a good sign.Filmed on the beautiful surroundings of Malta and Co-starring Lionel Stander and 40/50's star Lizabeth Scott with a rather pointless role played by Dennis Price (in one of his last roles) - PULP is worth watching, but it's never as good as it probably should have been and isn't a patch on GET CARTER.
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