The Nickel Ride

The Nickel Ride (1975)

The Nightmare Was Over... Or Had It Just Begun!

A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.

Date of release
1975-01-15
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (13)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Robert Mulligan

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $1.4M

The Nickel Ride is a 1974 American neo-noir crime film directed and produced by Robert Mulligan and starring Jason Miller, Linda Haynes, Victor French, Bo Hopkins, and John Hillerman. It is the debut film of screenwriter Eric Roth. It was entered into the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or.

Filming

Filming took place from September 17 to November 13, 1973. The film was predominantly shot on location in downtown Los Angeles, with Big Bear used for the scenes set at the lakeside cabin and the Rosslyn Hotel used as Cooper's office and apartment.

Bo Hopkins recalled the difficulties of filming a driving scene with Jason Miller because the scene had been rewritten the night beforehand, giving him little time to memorize his lines. He "loved" Robert Mulligan as a director, and gave him credit for the handling of the climactic strangulation sequence, although Hopkins also admitted that it was tough scene to shoot and that the whole film was difficult to work on.

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