#pulp 1972

This very entertaining (if weird) dark comedy, styled after classic noirs like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, stars Michael Caine as a pulp fiction writer who must contend with personalities played by Mickey Rooney, Lionel Stander, Lizabeth Scott, Nadia Cassini, Dennis Price, Al Lettieri and Leopoldo Trieste. Give it a try. It's a little baffling, but there's a lot of great dialogue.