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The Troublemaker

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Jack Armstrong (Tom Aldredge) throws both caution and his career as a chicken farmer to the wind and becomes a coffee shop owner in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, he soon has to contend with gangsters, corrupt politicians and a variety of city slickers who want to take advantage him. Luckily, not every New Yorker is so unkind, and Jack finds some unexpected help in the form of hip local girl Denver (Joan Darling) and streetwise lawyer T.R. Kingston (Buck Henry), who help keep the cafe afloat.

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Merl Edelman Los Angeles Free Press Much of the humor works and some of the satire is brilliant. Jan 24, 2020 Full Review Dwight MacDonald Esquire Magazine This is as heavy-handed and unamusing an attempt at comedy as any of those Hollywood productions I complained of here recently. Aug 13, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Jack Armstrong (Tom Aldredge) throws both caution and his career as a chicken farmer to the wind and becomes a coffee shop owner in Greenwich Village. Unfortunately, he soon has to contend with gangsters, corrupt politicians and a variety of city slickers who want to take advantage him. Luckily, not every New Yorker is so unkind, and Jack finds some unexpected help in the form of hip local girl Denver (Joan Darling) and streetwise lawyer T.R. Kingston (Buck Henry), who help keep the cafe afloat.
Director
Theodore J. Flicker
Producer
Robert Gaffney
Screenwriter
Theodore J. Flicker, Buck Henry
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 20m