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The Iceman Cometh

  • 19731973
  • PGPG
  • 3h 59m
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7.2/10
1.7K
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The Iceman Cometh (1973)
A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.
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A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams. The drunkards, living in a flophouse above a saloon, resent the idea.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
    • John Frankenheimer
    • Thomas Quinn Curtiss
    • Eugene O'Neill(play "The Iceman Cometh")
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Fredric March
    • Robert Ryan
    • John Frankenheimer
    • Thomas Quinn Curtiss
    • Eugene O'Neill(play "The Iceman Cometh")
  • Stars
    • Lee Marvin
    • Fredric March
    • Robert Ryan
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 21User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
    • 76Metascore
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    Lee Marvin
    Lee Marvin
    • Hickey
    Fredric March
    Fredric March
    • Harry Hope
    Robert Ryan
    Robert Ryan
    • Larry Slade
    Jeff Bridges
    Jeff Bridges
    • Don Parritt
    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Willie Oban
    Sorrell Booke
    Sorrell Booke
    • Hugo Kalmar
    Hildy Brooks
    Hildy Brooks
    • Margie
    Juno Dawson
    Juno Dawson
    • Pearl
    • (as Nancy Juno Dawson)
    Evans Evans
    • Cora
    Martyn Green
    • Cecil Lewis
    Moses Gunn
    Moses Gunn
    • Joe Mott
    Clifton James
    Clifton James
    • Pat McGloin
    John McLiam
    John McLiam
    • Jimmy Tomorrow
    Stephen Pearlman
    Stephen Pearlman
    • Chuck Morelo
    Tom Pedi
    Tom Pedi
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    George Voskovec
    George Voskovec
    • Piet Wetjoen
    Don McGovern
    • Moran
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      • Thomas Quinn Curtiss
      • Eugene O'Neill(play "The Iceman Cometh")
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    • Trivia
      Robert Ryan was in the final stages of lung cancer during filming. He agreed to play the part of Larry Slade, a character who knows he's going to die soon. Ryan died before the film was released.
    • Quotes

      Larry Slade: As the history of the world proves, the truth has no bearing on anything. It's irrelevant and immaterial, as the lawyers say.

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      Edited into Voskovec & Werich - paralelní osudy (2012)

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    Fredric March appreciation
    It seems that there have been a few actors psychologically and kinesthetically "born" to interpret the works of a certain great playwright (or director) as Toshiro Mifune/Akira Kurosawa for the cinema. It would seem that March and Jason Robards had this relationship with Eugene O'Neill. I've been told that March's performance in "Long Day's Journey into Night" in NYC in the 1950's was for the ages; this "ICEMAN" is another example. I had always thought that in his high gloss Hollywood films March appeared a bit flat and dull (excepting of course "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"). In this film we can see a great actor regalvanized in one of the greatest supporting performances ever committed to film. Beneath the sheer coating of mordant humor which March provides with such finesse, we witness the total, volcanic deterioration and spiritual anguish of a human being. Probably the two greatest career finishes in cinema history were March and Robert Ryan in this movie.
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    • Release date
      • October 29, 1973 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cinévision Ltée
      • The American Film Theatre
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    • 3 hours 59 minutes
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