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The Iceman Cometh (1973)

The Iceman Cometh (1973)

Drama

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

Release Date: 1973, November 10
Directors: John Frankenheimer
Countries: United States of America
Production: Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, George Voskovec, Clifton James, John McLiam, Stephen Pearlman, Moses Gunn, Fredric March, Hildy Brooks, Evans Evans, Bradford Dillman

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.

Keywords:

alcoholic based on play or musical 1910s prostitute saloon despair greenwich village traveling salesman barflies