Popi

Popi
Original poster
Directed byArthur Hiller
Written byTina Pine
Lester Pine
Produced byHerbert B. Leonard
StarringAlan Arkin
Rita Moreno
CinematographyAndrew Laszlo
Edited byAnthony Ciccolini
Music byDominic Frontiere
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • May 27, 1969 (1969-05-27)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million (US/ Canada rentals)[1]

Popi is a 1969 American comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Hiller, and starring Alan Arkin (in the title role) and Rita Moreno. The screenplay was written by Tina Pine and Lester Pine. The film focuses on a Puerto Rican widower struggling to raise his two young sons in the New York City neighborhood of Spanish Harlem.

  1. ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, 7 January 1970 p 15