The Iceman Cometh (1973)
They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
Starring Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan
Directed by John Frankenheimer
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.
Runtime: 239 min.
Rating: 5.9
DVD [1973]
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Drama
Keywords: prostitute,saloon,despair,alcoholic,traveling salesman,greenwich village,barflies,1910s,based on play
Cast
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
Harry Hope
Larry Slade
Don Parritt
Willie Oban
Hugo Kalmar
Margie
Pearl (as Nancy Juno Dawson)
Cora
Cecil Lewis
Joe Mott
Pat McGloin
Jimmy Tomorrow
Chuck Morelo
Rocky Pioggi
Piet Wetjoen
Moran
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