Pulp (1972 film)

Pulp
Directed byMike Hodges
Written byMike Hodges
Produced byMichael Klinger
StarringMichael Caine
Mickey Rooney
Lionel Stander
Lizabeth Scott
Nadia Cassini
CinematographyOusama Rawi
Edited byJohn Glen
Music byGeorge Martin
Production
company
Three Michaels Film Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release dates
  • 16 August 1972 (1972-08-16) (London)
  • November 1972 (1972-11) (limited)
  • 8 February 1973 (1973-02-08) (New York City)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Pulp is a 1972 British comedy thriller film, directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine as Mickey King, a writer of cheap paperback detective novels.[1] The film features the final screen appearance of Lizabeth Scott.

Pulp, originally titled Memoirs of a Ghost Writer, was almost entirely shot on the island of Malta.[2] Facilities were provided by the then Malta Film Facilities and Intermed Sound Studio, later known as Britannia Film Sound Studios.

  1. ^ Greenspun, Roger (9 February 1973). "Screen: Mike Hodges's 'Pulp' Opens:A Private Eye Parody Is Parody of Itself". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Selected Filmography - Filmed in Malta | Visit Malta". www.visitmalta.com. Retrieved 2 May 2019.

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