Wild 90

Wild 90

1968 · 82 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Crime

Norman Mailer’s first feature filmmaking effort stars the director and his two longtime collaborators Buzz Farbar and Mickey Knox as a trio of gangsters holed up in a ramshackle New York apartment, drinking, braying, and fighting.

Directed by Norman Mailer · Written by D. A. Pennebaker

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