Heavy Traffic (1973)

A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an Italian father and a ditzy nutcase of a Jewish mother, he's ridiculed and looked down upon by his friends, hypocrites who run with violent gangs and the Italian Mafia, and a shallow Black girl who makes her living downtown with the pimps and pushers. The cartoonist gets a chance to pitch a film idea to a movie mogul, but the story proves too outrageous: a far-future Earth, depleted by war and pollution, where a mutant antihero challenges and kills God.

Directing:
  • Ralph Bakshi

Writing:
  • Ralph Bakshi

Stars:
Release Date: 1973-08-08
themoviedb icon 6.4/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English | Italiano
  • Runtime: 76
  • Budget: $950,000
  • Revenue: $1,500,000

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Frank De Kova
Frank De Kova
Angelo "Angie" Corleone (voice)
Mary Dean Lauria
Mary Dean Lau...
Molly (voice)
Lillian Adams
Lillian Adams
Rosa (voice)
Jamie Farr
Jamie Farr
Arcade Owner
Robert Easton
Robert Easton
Beverly Hope Atkinson
Beverly Hope...
Carole
Walt Gorney
Walt Gorney
Bum (uncredited)
Charles Gordone
Charles Gordo...
Crazy Moe (voice)
Michael Brandon
Michael Brand...
(voice)
Lee Weaver
Lee Weaver
(voice)
Kim Hamilton
Kim Hamilton
(voice)
Candy Candido
Candy Candido
The Mafia Messenger (voice)
Helene Winston
Helene Winsto...
(voice)
Peter Hobbs
Peter Hobbs
Jerry (voice)
John Bleifer
John Bleifer
(voice)
Ralph Bakshi
Ralph Bakshi
Various Characters (voice) (uncredited)
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