The Iceman Cometh They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.

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.

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Drama
Release Date

Nov 10, 1973

Duration: 3h 59 min

Popularity: 0.4244
27 votes
Directed by

John Frankenheimer

Casting: Lynn Stalmaster

Screenplay by

Thomas Quinn Curtiss

Productions

Cinévision Ltée The American Film Theatre

Budget

Revenue: NA