A Thousand Clowns (1965)
... IT'S A LIFT FOR THE SPIRITS
118 min
Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What turns up is a social worker, who falls in love with Murray and a bit in love with Nick. As the child welfare people try to force Murray to become a conventional man (as the price they demand for allowing him to keep Nick), the nephew, who until now has gloried in his Uncle's iconoclastic approach to life, tries to play mediator. But when he succeeds, he is alarmed by the uncle's willingness to cave in to society in order to save the relationship.
- Release date
- December 13, 1965
- Country of origin
- United States
Trailer
Cast
- Jason Robards as Murray
- Barbara Harris as Sandra
- Martin Balsam as Arnold
- Gene Saks as Leo
- William Daniels as Albert
- Philip Bruns as The Man in the Restaurant
- John McMartin as The Man in the Office
- Barry Gordon as Nick Burns
- Barry Gordon as Wilbur Malcome Burns
- Barry Gordon as Theodore Burns
- Garrett Cassell as News Reporter
- Barry Pearl as Nick Burns' Double
Crew
- Fred Coe · Director
- Herb Gardner · Writer
- Fred Coe · Producer
- Don Walker · Composer
- Arthur J. Ornitz · Cinematographer
- Ralph Rosenblum · Editor