The Iceman Cometh 1973

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by: John Frankenheimer
Written by: Thomas Quinn Curtiss
Release date: 1973-11-10
Runtime: 239 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: They drank and they dreamed...tomorrow they would conquer the world...then along came Hickey.
Cast:
Lee Marvin
Lee Marvin
Theodore 'Hickey' Hickman 
Fredric March
Fredric March
Harry Hope 
Robert Ryan
Robert Ryan
Larry Slade 
Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Don Parritt 
Bradford Dillman
Bradford Dillman
Willie Oban 
Sorrell Booke
Sorrell Booke
Hugo Kalmar