A Thousand Clowns

... IT'S A LIFT FOR THE SPIRITS

A Thousand Clowns — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 13, 1965
• Runtime
• 118 min
• Genres
• Comedy, Drama, Romance
• Director
• Fred Coe

A Thousand Clowns — Cast

Jason Robards Murray Barry Gordon Nick Barbara Harris Sandra Martin Balsam Arnold Gene Saks Leo William Daniels Albert Amundsen John McMartin The Man in the Office Philip Bruns The Man in the Restaurant