Ironweed

Dec 18, 1987

2h 23m

★ 6.3

Hard times and Good times. Francis and Helen.

Overview

An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

TAFT Entertainment Pictures

HBO

Keith Barish Productions

TriStar Pictures

Ironweed Trailers

Cast

Francis Phelan

Jack Nicholson

Helen Archer

Meryl Streep

Annie Phelan

Carroll Baker

Billy

Michael O'Keefe

Peg

Diane Venora

Oscar Reo

Fred Gwynne

Katrina

Margaret Whitton

Rudy

Tom Waits

Pee Wee

Jake Dengel

Harold Allen

Nathan Lane

Reverend Chester

James Gammon

Rowdy Dick

Laura Esterman

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