Sons and Lovers (film)
1960
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A Thousand Clowns is about a twelve-year-old Barry Gordon who lives with his Uncle, Jason Robards. A social worker played by Barbara Harris shows up and ends up falling in love with Robards. But the child welfare people try to force Robards to get a good job so that they won't have to take Gordon away from him.
72% Tomatometer 18 Reviews 88% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Determined to avoid employment, Murray Burns (Jason Robards), an eccentric former TV writer, lives with his 12-year-old nephew, Nick...
- (100)
- Jason Robards
- Fred Coe
- Comedy
A Thousand Clowns Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Judith Crist New York Herald Tribune. A Thousand Clowns comes to the screen with a joyous vitality and...
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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.
- (3.7K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Fred Coe
- 1966-09-09
Recent reviews. 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.
- (1.4K)
- Harrell
- Fred Coe
May 22, 2020 · DIRECTED BY FRED COE/1965. BLU-RAY STREET DATE: MAY 5, 2020/KL STUDIO CLASSICS. A Thousand Clowns is one of a dozen or so plays that was assigned to us in high school Acting class.
Sep 11, 2011 · A Thousand Clowns Rating: 3 of 5 The Tony Award–nominated 1962 Broadway production of A Thousand Clowns— a satire of conformity and defiance in the corporate world—arrived on the big screen in 1965 and featured most of the original creators.
