The Iceman Cometh

Year: 1960

Runtime: 240 mins

Language: English

Director: Sidney Lumet

Drama

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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