Drama · United States of America · 1973 · 3h 59m

The Iceman Cometh

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Director
John Frankenheimer
Cast
Lee Marvin as Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman Fredric March as Harry Hope Robert Ryan as Larry Slade Jeff Bridges as Don Parritt Bradford Dillman as Willie Oban Sorrell Booke as Hugo Kalmar
Crew
Ralph Woolsey — Director of Photography Harold F. Kress — Editor Thomas Quinn Curtiss — Screenplay Ely A. Landau — Producer Jack Martin Smith — Production Design
Tagline

They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.

Synopsis

Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.

Mood & Themes
prostitutesaloondespairbased on play or musicalalcoholictraveling salesmangreenwich villagebarflies1910s
Key Collaborators
John Frankenheimer Director Ralph Woolsey Director of Photography Harold F. Kress Editor Thomas Quinn Curtiss Screenplay Ely A. Landau Producer Jack Martin Smith Production Design
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