The Iceman Cometh (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.
- Released
- 1973-11-10
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 239 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Thomas Quinn Curtiss, John Frankenheimer
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 from 34 votes
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
- Evans Evans as Cora
- Martyn Green as Cecil Lewis
- Moses Gunn as Joe Mott
- Clifton James as Pat McGloin