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Cry Uncle!: Literary Connections, Cast & Plot

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. The story, based on the Michael Brett novel Lie a Little, Die a Little, follows the misadventures of a slobbish private detective who…

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Cry Uncle! topic overview

The analysis highlights Literary Connections, Cast and Plot as prominent areas in the source structure around Cry Uncle!.

Related topics
15
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
19
Extracted relationships
31
Concept neighborhoods
7
Bridge connections
19

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 6 topics
Overview · 5 topics
Plot · 2 topics
Reception · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
Live a Little, Die a Little by Michael Brett
Box office
$1,083,000
Budget
$250,000
Cinematography
John G. Avildsen
Country
United States
Directed by
John G. Avildsen

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Cry Uncle! connects Entity context

The extracted context around Cry Uncle! shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Cry Uncle! → Allen Garfield, Cry Uncle, During, DVD, Finland, In, Norway, Oliver Stone's, Special Edition, The, Troma, TV Another extracted example is Cry Uncle! → Cry Uncle, IMDbCry Uncle, Rotten TomatoesCry Uncle, Troma Entertainment. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Cry Uncle!

Top relations

related to Reception · 12
Cry Uncle! → Allen Garfield, Cry Uncle, During, DVD, Finland, In, Norway, Oliver Stone's, Special Edition, The, Troma, TV
related to External links · 4
Cry Uncle! → Cry Uncle, IMDbCry Uncle, Rotten TomatoesCry Uncle, Troma Entertainment
Based on · 1
Cry Uncle! → Live a Little, Die a Little by Michael Brett
Box office · 1
Cry Uncle! → $1,083,000
Budget · 1
Cry Uncle! → $250,000
Cinematography · 1
Cry Uncle! → John G. Avildsen
Country · 1
Cry Uncle! → United States
Directed by · 1
Cry Uncle! → John G. Avildsen
Distributed by · 1
Cry Uncle! → Troma Entertainment
Edited by · 1
Cry Uncle! → John G. Avildsen

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

jake troma cora film john avildsen cry uncle allen garfield jason one entertainment police keith prostitutes apartment release theatrical directed

Cry Uncle! relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 31 structured relationships around Cry Uncle!. Examples in this analysis include Cry Uncle! → Based on → Live a Little, Die a Little by Michael Brett and Cry Uncle! → Box office → $1,083,000. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Cry Uncle!Based onLive a Little, Die a Little by Michael Brett1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Box office$1,083,0001.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Budget$250,0001.00infobox
Cry Uncle!CinematographyJohn G. Avildsen1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Directed byJohn G. Avildsen1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Distributed byTroma Entertainment1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Edited byJohn G. Avildsen1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Music byHarper MacKay1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Produced byDavid Jay Disick1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Release dateAugust 17, 1971 (1971-08-17)1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Running time87 min.1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!StarringAllen Garfield Madeleine Le Roux Devin Goldenberg1.00infobox
Cry Uncle!Written byDavid Odell1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Cry Uncle! bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Cry, Uncle and American. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • allen garfield
    • Garfield
    • Avildsen
    • Based
    • Brett
    • Die
    • Little
    • Michael
    • Paul
    • Renee
    • Cry
    • Keith
    • Uncle
  • troma entertainment
    • Entertainment
    • Troma
    • Uncle
    • Library
    • Theatrical
    • Release
    • Avildsen
    • Paul
    • Film
    • Renee
    • Allen
    • Garfield
  • john g. avildsen
    • John
    • Garfield
    • Based
    • Brett
    • Die
    • Little
    • Michael
    • Theatrical
    • Entertainment
    • Release
    • Troma
  • Cry Uncle!
    • Cry
    • Uncle
    • American
    • Entertainment
    • Troma
    • Library
    • Theatrical
    • Allen
    • Garfield
    • Film
  • cry uncle!
    • Cry
    • Uncle
    • American
    • Entertainment
    • Troma
    • Library
    • Theatrical
    • Allen
    • Garfield
    • Film
  • paul sorvino
    • Renee
    • Troma
  • new york city police department
    • Prostitutes

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Cry Uncle!, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Cry Uncle! with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Cry Uncle!Cast · splits 13 ⟂ 7
Cry Uncle!Overview · splits 14 ⟂ 6
Cry Uncle!Plot · splits 17 ⟂ 3
Cry Uncle!Reception · splits 17 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Cry Uncle!

Nodes20
Edges19
Triples31
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.1
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Cry Uncle! to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Literary Connections, Cast & Plot, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Cry Uncle! · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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