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A Thousand Clowns: Directed by Fred Coe. With Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, Gene Saks. A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Fred Coe
- 1966-09-09
A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 American comedy-drama film directed by Fred Coe and starring Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam, and Barry Gordon. An adaptation of a 1962 play by Herb Gardner , it tells the story of an eccentric comedy writer who is forced to conform to society to retain legal custody of his nephew.
Fred Coe. Director. Herb Gardner. Screenplay. 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.
A Thousand Clowns (1965) directed by Fred Coe • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1965. Directed by Fred Coe. IT’S A LIFT FOR THE SPIRITS. Twelve-year-old Nick lives with his Uncle Murray, a Mr.Micawber-like Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won’t turn up.
Determined to avoid employment, Murray Burns (Jason Robards), an eccentric former TV writer, lives with his 12-year-old nephew, Nick (Barry Gordon), in a messy New York City apartment.
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- Comedy
