A Thousand Clowns

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.

7.1

118 min

Cast

Jason Robards

as Murray

Barry Gordon

as Nick

Barbara Harris

as Sandra

Martin Balsam

as Arnold

Gene Saks

as Leo

William Daniels

as Albert Amundsen

John McMartin

as The Man in the Office

Philip Bruns

as The Man in the Restaurant

Director

Fred Coe