The Iceman Cometh
“They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.”
1973•PG•3h 59m•6.1•Released
Drama
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.
Director
John Frankenheimer
Writer
Thomas Quinn Curtiss
Languages
English
Studio
Cinévision Ltée
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
Hildy Brooks
Margie
Juno Dawson
Pearl
Evans Evans
Cora
Martyn Green
Cecil Lewis
Moses Gunn
Joe Mott
Clifton James
Pat McGloin
John McLiam
Jimmy Tomorrow
Stephen Pearlman
Chuck Morelo
Tom Pedi
Rocky Pioggi
Production
Company
Cinévision Ltée
Company
The American Film Theatre
Producer
Ely A. Landau
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