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Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon

Comedy · 1976

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.

Movie details

Nickelodeon

“LOVE. ACTION. COMEDY. SUSPENSE. EXCITMENT.”

1976 Comedy 2h 6m

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TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

In the silent film era, attorney Leo Harrigan and gunslinger Buck Greenway are hired to stop an illegal film production. However, they soon team up with the filmmakers and become important players in the show business industry. Leo learns he has a talent for directing, and Buck's cowboy persona quickly earns him leading-man status — but both men fall for beautiful starlet Kathleen Cooke, leading to a heated personal rivalry.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Peter Bogdanovich

Written by

Peter Bogdanovich · W.D. Richter

Ryan O'Neal

Ryan O'Neal

Leo Harrigan

Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

Buck Greenway

Tatum O'Neal

Tatum O'Neal

Alice Forsyte

Brian Keith

Brian Keith

H.H. Cobb

Stella Stevens

Stella Stevens

Marty Reeves

John Ritter

John Ritter

Franklin Frank

Jane Hitchcock

Jane Hitchcock

Kathleen Cooke

Court is in session

Put Nickelodeon on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.