1973
6.1 (27 votes)
3h 59m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
Cinévision Ltée
The American Film Theatre
The American Film Theatre
The Iceman Cometh
They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: John Frankenheimer
Screenplay: Thomas Quinn Curtiss
Producer: Ely A. Landau
Director of Photography: Ralph Woolsey
