Mikey and Nicky
“...don't expect to like 'em.”
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Cast
Rose Arrick Carol Grace 
William Hickey Sanford Meisner 
Joyce Van Patten 
M. Emmet Walsh
Credits
Written by: 
Elaine May
Plot
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster.
Sinekatalog’s take
Two old friends spend a paranoid night in the shadows of the mob, trading affection and betrayal in raw, improvisational scenes. It is talky and abrasive but unusually honest about male friendship. An acquired taste, richly rewarding.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (9,767 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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