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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 92%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 81% of the 1,064 1970s drama movies in this catalog. It runs long at 3h 59m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic76/100
33 audience votes
Key crew
- John FrankenheimerDirector
- Thomas Quinn CurtissScreenplay
Cast
- Lee MarvinTheodore 'Hickey' Hickman
- Fredric MarchHarry Hope
- Robert RyanLarry Slade
- Jeff BridgesDon Parritt
- Bradford DillmanWillie Oban
- Sorrell BookeHugo Kalmar
- Hildy BrooksMargie
- Juno DawsonPearl
- Evans EvansCora
- Martyn GreenCecil Lewis
- Moses GunnJoe Mott
- Clifton JamesPat McGloin
Stills
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Themes
prostitutesaloondespairbased on play or musicalalcoholictraveling salesmangreenwich villagebarflies1910s
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