Mikey and Nicky

About Mikey and Nicky

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.

Mikey and Nicky is a 1976 crime film directed by Elaine May. Its themes are male friendship, depressing, on the run, and gloomy.

Peter Falk appears as Mikey, John Cassavetes as Nicky, Ned Beatty as Kinney, and Rose Arrick as Annie. At 106 minutes long, it arrived in December 1976.

The screenplay is by Elaine May. In the United States it streams on HBO Max and HBO Max Amazon Channel.

The Irishman, Collateral, and Shooter make useful companions to Mikey and Nicky, all filed under hitman and bold. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 214 votes and it carries a R rating.