UNITED STATES · 1960

The Iceman Cometh

Sidney Lumet
self-deception redemption alcoholism pipe dreams moral awakening
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Synopsis

Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes semi-annual visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."

Year1960
CountryUnited States
DirectorSidney Lumet
The Iceman Cometh

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