Movie
Slums of Beverly Hills
Overview
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Details
- Release date
- 1998-08-14
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- South Fork Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Natasha Lyonne as Vivian Abromowitz
- Alan Arkin as Murray Samuel Abromowitz
- Marisa Tomei as Rita Abromowitz
- Eli Marienthal as Rickey Abromowitz
- David Krumholtz as Ben Abromowitz
- Kevin Corrigan as Eliot Arenson
- Jessica Walter as Doris
- Mena Suvari as Rachel Hoffman
- Carl Reiner as Mickey
- Harris Laskawy as Charlie the Cook
- Rita Moreno as Belle Abromowitz
- Bryna Weiss as Saleslady
Crew
- Tamara Jenkins - Director
- Tamara Jenkins - Writer
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