The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays cynical World War I amputee Moe Axelrod, and Leo Fuchs portrays the family's iron-willed leftist grandfather.
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Walter Matthau
Moe Axelrod
Known for
Dennis the Menace
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Ron Rifkin
Sam Feinschreiber
Known for
Limitless
Alias
Clifford Odets
Lewis Freedman
Robert Hopkins
Jane Murray
Felicia Farr
Hennie
Known for
3:10 to Yuma
Charley Varrick
Norman Lloyd
Known for
Dead Poets Society
St. Elsewhere
Martin Ritt
Uncle Morty
Also in
End of the Game
The Slugger's Wife
Leo Fuchs
Jacob
Known for
The Frisco Kid
Avalon
Robert Lipton
Ralph Berger
Known for
Bullitt
Death Spa
John Myhers
Schlosser
Known for
Willard
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Norman Lloyd Director · Robert Hopkins Director Clifford Odets Writer
United States release March 6, 1972 · Produced in United States · Production Broadway Theatre Archive
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KCET
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Broadway Theatre Archive
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · March 6, 1972
TV · PBS
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