The King of Comedy

Released Year: 1982

Certificate: U

Runtime: 109 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 73

Director: Martin Scorsese

Stars: Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Diahnne Abbott, Sandra Bernhard

No of Votes: 88511

Gross: 2500000

Overview: Rupert Pupkin is a passionate yet unsuccessful comic who craves nothing more than to be in the spotlight and to achieve this, he stalks and kidnaps his idol to take the spotlight for himself.

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