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title: 'Heavy Traffic (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ralph Bakshi'
released: '1973-08-08'
runtime_minutes: 77
certification: 'X'
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/heavy-traffic-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070165/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Heavy Traffic (1973)

1973 · X · 77 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Heavy Traffic is a 1973 American live-action/adult animated drama film written and directed by Ralph Bakshi. The film, which begins, ends, and occasionally combines with live-action, explores the often surreal fantasies of a young New York City cartoonist named Michael Corleone, using pinball imagery as a metaphor for inner-city life. Heavy Traffic was Bakshi and producer Steve Krantz's follow-up to the film Fritz the Cat. Though producer Krantz made varied attempts to produce an R-rated film, Heavy Traffic was given an X rating by the MPAA. The film received largely positive reviews and is widely considered to be Bakshi's biggest critical success.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ralph Bakshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bakshi)
- **Screenplay:** [Ralph Bakshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bakshi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ed Bogas](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-bogas)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Z. Arkoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-z-arkoff), [Steve Krantz](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-krantz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gregg Heschong](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregg-heschong)
- **Editor:** [Donald W. Ernst](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-w-ernst)

## Cast

- [Beverly Hope Atkinson](https://cinepixo.com/people/beverly-hope-atkinson)

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