Mikey & Nicky (1976)
Each week in January is devoted to a different director at certain stages in their career but this discussion marks the end of Elaine May week as we have now discussed every film that Elaine May directed. This movie represents a much more dramatic direction but in typical Elaine May fashion, the humor is often in the tragic details. We have a very unique mob movie here starring two fellows that were prime in this era, Peter Falk and John Cassettes. They are the titular characters “MIKEY AND NICKY”, respectively in this film from 1976. Nicky robbed his gangster boss so now there’s a hit on…
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