Little Murders

Little Murders
Directed byAlan Arkin
Screenplay byJules Feiffer
Based onLittle Murders
by Jules Feiffer
Produced byJack Brodsky
StarringElliott Gould
Marcia Rodd
Vincent Gardenia
Elizabeth Wilson
Jon Korkes
John Randolph
Doris Roberts
Donald Sutherland
Lou Jacobi
Alan Arkin
CinematographyGordon Willis
Edited byHoward Kuperman
Music byFred Kaz
Color processColor by Deluxe
Production
company
Brodsky-Gould Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • February 9, 1971 (1971-02-09)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.34 million[1]
Box office$1.5 million (rentals)[2]

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.[3] Based on the stage play of the same name by Jules Feiffer, it is the story of a woman, Patsy (Rodd), who brings home her boyfriend, Alfred (Gould), to meet her severely dysfunctional family amidst a series of random shootings, garbage strikes and electrical outages ravaging their New York City neighborhood.

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
  2. ^ Solomon, pg 231.
  3. ^ "Little Murders". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved April 19, 2016.