The Iceman Cometh(1973)
They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
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.
Movie: The Iceman Cometh
Top 10 Billed Cast
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman
Harry Hope
Larry Slade
Don Parritt
Willie Oban
Hugo Kalmar
Margie
Cora
Cecil Lewis
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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.
Release Date
1973-11-10
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6.1
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They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
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