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title: 'Little Murders (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Arkin'
released: '1971-02-09'
runtime_minutes: 108
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/little-murders-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067350/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Little Murders (1971)

1971 · 108 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

Little Murders is a 1971 American black comedy film directed by Alan Arkin, in his feature film directorial debut, and starring Elliott Gould and Marcia Rodd. Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a woman, Patsy Newquist (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred Chamberlain (Gould), to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of random shootings, garbage strikes and electrical outages ravaging their New York City neighborhood.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan Arkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-arkin)
- **Screenplay:** [Jules Feiffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-feiffer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Fred Katz](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-katz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Gordon Willis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-willis)

## Cast

- [Alan Arkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-arkin)
- [Elliott Gould](https://cinepixo.com/people/elliott-gould)
- [Lou Jacobi](https://cinepixo.com/people/lou-jacobi)
- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland)
- [Marcia Rodd](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcia-rodd)
- [Doris Roberts](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-roberts)
- [Vincent Gardenia](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincent-gardenia)
- [John Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-randolph)

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