A Thousand Clowns
“... 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. 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.
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Cast
8 people
Jason Robards
Murray
Known for
Once Upon a Time in the West
Philadelphia
Barry Gordon
Nick
Known for
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
Barbara Harris
Sandra
Known for
Family Plot
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Martin Balsam
Arnold
Known for
12 Angry Men
Psycho
Gene Saks
Leo
Known for
I.Q.
Nobody's Fool
William Daniels
Albert Amundsen
Known for
Knight Rider
Boy Meets World
John McMartin
The Man in the Office
Known for
Blow Out
All the President's Men
Philip Bruns
The Man in the Restaurant
Known for
Flashdance
Return of the Living Dead Part II
Fred Coe Director · Herb Gardner Screenplay Donisha Walker Composer
Worldwide gross $2.4M · United States release December 13, 1965 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,400,000
Production
Harrell
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · December 13, 1965
Theatrical
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