Allen Garfield
Jake Masters
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Cry Uncle!, released in the UK as Super Dick (theatrical title) and American Oddballs (video title), is a 1971 American film in the Troma Entertainment library. It is directed by John G. Avildsen and stars Allen Garfield.
This phrase originated about 1900 as an imperative among school-children who would say, “Cry uncle when you've had enough (of a beating).” By the mid-1900s it was being used figuratively, as in the examples.
Jake Masters is a private detective who is hired by millionaire Jason Dominic. The police are after Jason in connection with the murder of a woman, and Jason wants Jake to find the real killer. Jake teams up with his nephew, Keith, and Jason's bodyguard, Cora Merrill.
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Allen Garfield is hilarious as the bumbling and horny private dick trying to get to the bottom of an unsolved murder. Sharply written, gritty and grimy, Cry Uncle! is an entertaining and laugh-out-loud mixture of gags coated in that '70s New York sleaze. And from the director of Rocky to boot!
While working on Joe, Avildsen became friends with a young college graduate named Lloyd Kaufman, who was getting his start. They decided to start working on a film based on Michael Brett’s novel Lie a Little, Die a Little. In August 1971, Avildsen’s Cry Uncle made its way onto the big screen. %.
