Theodore "Hickey" Hickman
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The Iceman Cometh is a 1973 American drama film directed by John Frankenheimer. The screenplay, written by Thomas Quinn Curtiss, is based on Eugene O'Neill 's 1946 play of the same name.
Oct 29, 1973 · The Iceman Cometh: Directed by John Frankenheimer. With Lee Marvin, Fredric March, Robert Ryan, Jeff Bridges. A salesman with a sudden passion for reform has an idea to sell to his barfly buddies: throw away your pipe dreams.
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- Drama
- John Frankenheimer
- 1973-10-29
Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh" is the work of a man who has very nearly abandoned all hope. The only characters in it who summon up the courage to act (not to act positively, but to act at all) are Hickey, who kills his wife, and the boy Don, who kills himself.
Plot. The Iceman Cometh. Jump to Edit. Summaries. 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.
Based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, this drama begins as the sad-sack patrons of a New York City bar await the arrival of salesman and drinking buddy Theodore Hickman (Lee Marvin). Known to the...
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- John Frankenheimer
- PG
- Lee Marvin
Overview. 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.
The Iceman Cometh. Considered the definitive film version of Eugene O'Neill's play, this simple tale of a birthday celebration at a saloon takes a devastating look at disillusionment and dashed hopes. Lee Marvin is haunting as Hickey, the madman that hides beneath the life of the party.
