Released
The Iceman Cometh
November 10 1973 (about 51 years ago)Rating
60
Based on
25 reviews
They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
- Director: John Frankenheimer
- Writer: Thomas Quinn Curtiss
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 3 h 59 m
- Country: United States of America
- Companies: Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre
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.
