The Iceman Cometh (1973 film)
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The Iceman Cometh is a 1973 film directed by John Frankenheimer
. The screenplay was written by Thomas Quinn Curtiss
, based on Eugene O'Neill
's 1939 play of the same name
. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
, but wasn't entered into the main competition.
This was the last film for both Robert Ryan
and Fredric March
. Ryan died before the film's release. It was the first film to have two intermissions.
John Frankenheimer
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director known for social dramas and action/suspense films...
. The screenplay was written by Thomas Quinn Curtiss
Thomas Quinn Curtiss
Thomas Quinn Curtiss was a writer, and film and theatre critic.The son of Roy A. Curtiss and Ethel Quinn, he graduated from the Browning School in New York in 1933...
, based on Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish...
's 1939 play of the same name
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh is a play written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill in 1939. First published in 1940 the play premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on 9 October 1946, directed by Eddie Dowling where it ran for 136 performances to close on 15 March 1947.-Characters:* Night Hawk-...
. The film was screened at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival
1976 Cannes Film Festival
The 29th Cannes Film Festival was held on May 13-28, 1976. A new section, 'L'Air du temps', which is non-competitive and focuses on contemporary subjects, is introduced at this festival and discontinued after the next.- Jury :...
, but wasn't entered into the main competition.
This was the last film for both Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
Robert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains.-Early life and career:...
and Fredric March
Fredric March
Fredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...
. Ryan died before the film's release. It was the first film to have two intermissions.
Cast
- Lee MarvinLee MarvinLee Marvin was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6' 2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers and other hardboiled characters, but after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor for his dual roles in Cat Ballou , he landed more...
— Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman - Fredric MarchFredric MarchFredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...
— Harry Hope - Robert RyanRobert RyanRobert Bushnell Ryan was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains.-Early life and career:...
— Larry Slade - Jeff BridgesJeff BridgesJeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges is an American actor and musician. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film Crazy Heart....
— Don Parritt - Bradford DillmanBradford Dillman-Early life:Bradford Dillman was born on April 14, 1930 in San Francisco, California, the son of Josephine and Dean Dillman, a stockbroker. He studied at Town School for Boys and St. Ignatius High School. Later he attended the Hotchkiss boarding school in Connecticut, where he became involved in...
— Willie Oban - Sorrell BookeSorrell BookeSorrell Booke was an American actor who performed on stage, screen, and television. He is best known for his role as the heavyset, corrupt politician "Boss" Hogg in the television show The Dukes of Hazzard....
— Hugo Kalmar - Hildy Brooks — Margie
- Juno Dawson — Pearl (as Nancy Juno Dawson)
- Evans EvansEvans EvansEvans Evans is an actress known for playing the part of Velma Davis in the 1967 film Bonnie & Clyde....
— Cora - Martyn GreenMartyn GreenWilliam Martyn-Green , better known as Martyn Green, was an English actor and singer. He is best known for his work as principal comedian in the Gilbert & Sullivan comic operas, which he performed and recorded with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and other troupes.After army service in World War I,...
— Cecil Lewis - Moses Gunn — Joe Mott
- Clifton JamesClifton JamesGeorge Clifton James is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as the bumbling Sheriff J.W. Pepper alongside Roger Moore in the James Bond films Live and Let Die and The Man With The Golden Gun and his role alongside Sean Connery in The Untouchables .-Personal life:James was...
— Pat McGloin - John McLiam — Jimmy Tomorrow
- Stephen Pearlman — Chuck Morelo
- Tom Pedi — Rocky Pioggi
- George Voskovec — Piet Wetjoen
Awards
- Robert Ryan won a Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActorThe Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award given by the Kansas City Film Critics Circle to honor the best achievements in acting.-1960s:-1970:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:-References:*...
, National Board of Review Award for Best ActorNational Board of Review Award for Best ActorAn incomplete list of the winners of the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award for Best Actor :-1940s:-1950s:-1960s:-1970s:-1980s:-1990s:-2000s:-2010s:...
and a Special Award from the National Society of Film CriticsNational Society of Film CriticsThe National Society of Film Critics is an American film critic organization. As of December 2007 the NSFC had approximately 60 members who wrote for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers.-History:...
for his performance as Larry Slade.
Production credits
- Associate producer - Les Landau
- Supervising producer - Robert A. Goldston
- Casting - Lynn Stalmaster
- Production Design - Jack Martin Smith
- Set Decoration - Raphael Bretton
- Costume Design - Dorothy Jeakins
- Production executive - Jonathan Burrows