The Iceman Cometh

Nov 10, 1973

3h 59m

★ 6.1

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

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinévision Ltée

The American Film Theatre

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Cast

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Lee Marvin

Harry Hope

Fredric March

Larry Slade

Robert Ryan

Don Parritt

Jeff Bridges

Willie Oban

Bradford Dillman

Hugo Kalmar

Sorrell Booke

Margie

Hildy Brooks

Pearl

Juno Dawson

Cora

Evans Evans

Cecil Lewis

Martyn Green

Joe Mott

Moses Gunn

Pat McGloin

Clifton James

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