The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

239 mins | Drama | Nov. 10, 1973

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.

The Iceman Cometh

239 mins | Drama | Nov. 10, 1973

The Iceman Cometh
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title The Iceman Cometh
Directors John Frankenheimer
Writers Thomas Quinn Curtiss, Eugene O'Neill

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

Hildy Brooks

as Margie

Juno Dawson

as Pearl (as Nancy Juno Dawson)

Evans Evans

as Cora

Martyn Green

as Cecil Lewis

Moses Gunn

as Joe Mott

Clifton James

as Pat McGloin

John McLiam

as Jimmy Tomorrow

Stephen Pearlman

as Chuck Morelo

Tom Pedi

as Rocky Pioggi

George Voskovec

as Piet Wetjoen

Don McGovern

as Moran

Bart Burns

as Lieb