King of the Gypsies (film)

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "King of the Gypsies" film – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

King of the Gypsies
Theatrical release poster by Sanford Kossin
Directed by	Frank Pierson
Written by	Peter Maas (book) Frank Pierson (screenplay)
Produced by	Federico De Laurentiis
Starring	Eric Roberts Sterling Hayden Judd Hirsch Shelley Winters Susan Sarandon Brooke Shields Danielle Brisebois Annette O'Toole Annie Potts
Cinematography	Sven Nykvist
Edited by	Paul Hirsch
Music by	David Grisman, Stephane Grappelli
Production company	Dino De Laurentiis Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 20, 1978 (1978-12-20)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$5–8 million[1]
Box office	$7,325,177 (USA)

King of the Gypsies is a 1978 American drama film by Paramount Pictures starring Eric Roberts (in his film debut), Sterling Hayden, Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields, Annette O'Toole and Judd Hirsch.

Originally planned to be directed by Peter Bogdanovich,^[2] the film was finally directed by Frank Pierson from a screenplay which he adapted from the 1975 book King of the Gypsies by Peter Maas. The book tells the story of Steve Tene and his Gypsy family.