A Thousand Clowns 1965 DVD
Product Description
Title – A Thousand Clowns (1965)
Genre – Comedy | Drama | Romance
Runtime – 118 min
Language – English
Color – Black and White
Aspect Ratio – 1.85 : 1
Plot Summary: 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.
Cast: Jason Robards ... Murray N. Burns
Barbara Harris ... Dr. Sandra 'Sandy' Markowitz Martin Balsam ... Arnold Burns
Gene Saks ... Leo Herman - 'Chuckles the Chipmunk' William Daniels ... Albert Amundsen Philip Bruns ... Jimmy Sloan - Producer in Restaurant John McMartin ... TV Producer in Office (as John MacMartin) Barry Gordon ... Nick
Plot Summary: 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.
Cast: Jason Robards ... Murray N. Burns
Barbara Harris ... Dr. Sandra 'Sandy' Markowitz Martin Balsam ... Arnold Burns
Gene Saks ... Leo Herman - 'Chuckles the Chipmunk' William Daniels ... Albert Amundsen Philip Bruns ... Jimmy Sloan - Producer in Restaurant John McMartin ... TV Producer in Office (as John MacMartin) Barry Gordon ... Nick
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