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A Thousand Clowns
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Note: Shep did not
appear in or have anything to do with this movie. He has made claim over
the years that Herb Gardner wrote the story basing it on Shep's life. |
| Studio: |
United Artists |
| Date: |
1965 |
| Director: |
Fred Coe |
| Written By: |
Herb Gardner |
| Running Time: |
118
Min |
| Status: |
 A Thousand Clowns on
VHS |
| Cast: |
| Jason
Robards |
Murray Burns
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| Barbara
Harris |
Sandra
Markowitz |
| Martin
Balsam |
Arnold Burns
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| Gene Saks |
Leo
"Chuckles The Chipmunk" Herman |
| William
Daniels |
Albert
Amundson |
| Philip Bruns |
Man In The
Restaurant |
| John
McMartin |
Man In The
Office |
| Barry Gordon |
Nick, Wilbur
Malcolm, Theodore, Raphael Sabatini, Dr. Morris Fishbein, Woodrow,
King, Rover, Lefty, Chevrolet, Big Sam Burns |
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| Notes: |
Twelve-year-old Nick (played by Barry
Gordon) lives with his Uncle Murray (Jason Robards), a Mr. Micawber-like
Dickensian character who keeps hoping something won't turn up. What
turns up is a social worker (Barbara Harris), 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. (source: IMDB.com) |
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