
Little Murders
Little Murders is a 1971 black comedy film starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd, directed by Alan Arkin in his feature directorial debut. It is the story of a girl, Patsy (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred (Gould), to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of random shootings, garbage strikes and electrical outages ravaging their New York City neighborhood.
Plot
Patsy Newquist is a 27-year-old interior designer who lives in a New York City rife with street crime, noise, obscene phone calls, power blackouts and unsolved homicides. When she sees a defenseless man being attacked by street thugs, she intervenes, but is surprised when the passive victim doesn't even bother to thank her. She ends up attracted to the man, Alfred Chamberlain, a photographer, but finds that he is emotionally vacant, barely able to feel pain or pleasure. He permits muggers to beat him up until they get tired and go away.
More details
author | Jules Feiffer |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Alan Arkin |
editor | Howard Kuperman |
genre | comedy drama |
keywords | attack disturb eccentric family how to interior design murder new yorker phone call police detective shoot street crime street thug travel unsolved |
musicBy | Fred Katz |
producer | Jack Brodsky |
publisher | 20th Century Fox |
theme | black comedy satirical |