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62% Critic Match
The Iceman Cometh
“They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.”
6.2 / 10• 1973• 3h 59m•PG• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Lee Marvin
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Frankenheimer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Iceman Cometh is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
