The Iceman Cometh (1973)

11/10/1973 (US) • 3h 59m

Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lee Marvin

Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman

Fredric March

Harry Hope

Robert Ryan

Larry Slade

Jeff Bridges

Don Parritt

Bradford Dillman

Willie Oban

Sorrell Booke

Hugo Kalmar


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prostitute

saloon

despair

based on play or musical

alcoholic

traveling salesman

greenwich village

barflies

1910s

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