
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…
Cast

Peter Falk
Mikey

John Cassavetes
Nicky

Ned Beatty
Kinney

Rose Arrick
Annie
Carol Grace
Nellie

William Hickey
Sid Fine

Sanford Meisner
Dave Resnick

Joyce Van Patten
Jan

M. Emmet Walsh
Bus Driver
Sy Travers
Hotel Clerk
Peter R. Scoppa
Counter Man
Virginia Smith
Jan's Mother
Jean Shevlin
Lady on Bus
Danny Klein
Harry
Martin Wolfson
Candy Store Man
Eugene Hobgood
Mel

David Pendleton
Bar Patron
Will Gill Jr.
Bartender
Marilyn Randall
Shirley

Reuben Greene
Franklyn

Elaine May
Woman on TV (voice) (uncredited)
Crew

Elaine May
Director, Writer

John Carter
Editor
Sheldon Kahn
Editor
Bernie Abramson
Director of Photography

Victor J. Kemper
Director of Photography
Edward Folger
First Assistant Director
Michele Ader
Second Assistant Director
Peter R. Scoppa
Assistant Director
Bud Austin
Executive Producer
Michael Hausman
Producer
Paul Sylbert
Production Design
Wayne Carson
Casting
Vivienne Walker
Hairstylist
Irving Buchman
Makeup Artist
John Strauss
Supervising Sound Editor, Original Music Composer
Greg Dillon
Sound Editor
Marc Laub
Sound Editor
Stan Bochner
Sound Editor
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound Editor
Richard P. Cirincione
Sound Editor
Bernard F. Pincus
Sound Editor
Gene Wahrman
Sound Editor
Chris Newman
Production Sound Mixer
Larry Jost
Sound
John P. Austin
Set Decoration
Earl Gilbert
Gaffer
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