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A Thousand Clowns. 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.
- $1 million
- Fred Coe, Herb Gardner, Ralph Rosenblum
- Gerry Mulligan, Don Walker
Aug 10, 2017
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A middle-aged iconoclast faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward in this Oscar-winning film based on a play by Herb Gardner. Starring Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Martin Balsam and Gene Saks, directed by Fred Coe.
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- Fred Coe
- Approved
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
A middle-aged iconoclast, doggedly avoiding the tedium of employment and conventional life, faces the prospect of losing custody of his young ward. 12-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 ...
A Thousand Clowns. 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 ...
- (100)
- Jason Robards
- Fred Coe
- Comedy
The Man in the Restaurant (as Phil Bruns) John McMartin. ... The Man in the Office (as John MacMartin) Barry Gordon. ... Nick Burns / Wilbur Malcome Burns / Theodore Burns / Raphael Sabatini / Dr. Morris Fishbein / Woodrow Burns / Chevrolet Burns / Big Sam Burns / Lefty Burns. Rest of cast listed alphabetically: Garrett Cassell.
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A comedy-drama film based on a play by Herb Gardner, starring Jason Robards as a free-living New Yorker who fights to keep his nephew. Learn more about the cast, crew, awards, and clips of this classic movie on Turner Classic Movies.
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 ...
