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Jason Robards, Myron McCormick, Tom Pedi, James Broderick, Farrell Pelly ...( see more  see more... ) , Robert Redford

Jason Robards burst onto the Broadway scene in 1956 with his performance in Eugene O'Neill's devastating Iceman Cometh, playing the central role of Hickey, a salesman who comes to a rundown ba...( read more  read more... )r on a mission to bring peace to its boozing denizens by lifting their illusions--only to wreak disaster on them and himself. Four years later, director Sidney Lumet (later to direct such classics as Dog Day Afternoon and Network) made this skillful television version of the play, bringing back Robards, along with a sterling collection of character actors (particularly Myron McCormick as a former communist who comes to see his reasonableness as a form of cowardice) and a young Robert Redford (in a strikingly unheroic role). Robards became famous for his roles in many O'Neill plays; his galvanizing performance drives The Iceman Cometh and makes this production one of the landmarks of television drama. --Bret Fetzer

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Unrated, 210 min.

Directed by: Sidney Lumet

Release Date: November 14, 1960

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DVD Release Date: January 15, 2002

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  • jjnxn
    September 27, 2007
    jjnxn
    Of course its well written and acted but so relentlessly downbeat it's unendurable
  • brianpark08
    December 10, 2006
    brianpark08
    Weak movie. VERY WEAK
  • OnlyOpus
    March 27, 2006
    OnlyOpus
    Robards puts on an amazing performance in a very long Broadway classic.

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