Cry Uncle! (1971)
Laugh till you Cry Uncle!
Private detective Jack Masters takes on a case and gets mixed up in murder, sex and blackmail.
- Date of release
- 1971-08-17
- TMDB
- 4.5 / 10 (20)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- John G. Avildsen
Casting
- Jackson Beck — Narrator (voice)
- Pamela Gruen — Renee
- Allen Garfield — Jake Masters
- Devin Goldenberg — Keith
- Marcia Jean Kurtz — Russian Girl
- Chuck Pfeiffer — Texan
- Reuben Schafer — Russian
- Paul Sorvino — Coughing Cop
- Ray Barron — Bald Cop
- Madeleine Le Roux — Cora Merrill
- David Kirk — Jason Dominic
- Sean Walsh — Gene Sprigg
Interesting facts
Cry Uncle!, released in the UK as Super Dick and American Oddballs, is a 1971 American film in the Troma Entertainment library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield. The story, based on the Michael Brett novel Lie a Little, Die a Little, follows the misadventures of a slobbish private detective who is hired by a millionaire to investigate a murder. The film features one of Paul Sorvino's first screen performances, and an early appearance from TV star Debbi Morgan.
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