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The Iceman Cometh (1960) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1960 · 240 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Sidney Lumet
- Starring
- Robert Redford, Jason Robards, Myron McCormick, Sorrell Booke, Michael Strong, Roland Winters
Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, habitually stops at Harry Hope’s gritty 1910‑era waterfront tavern for his regular drinking sprees. On this particular visit, he resolves to intervene, aiming to rescue the bar’s patrons from their deceptive, self‑deluding pipe‑dreams.
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