103 minutes
11/7/1960
Two plays by William Saroyan portraying writers stymied, inspired, frustrated, excited, listful, wistful, slothful, awed, unnerved, perhaps corrupted and perplexed by the promise and let-down writing holds for them.
Eddie Hodges
as Johnny
Tamara Daykarhanova
as The Grandmother
Nathaniel Frey
as Mr. Kosak
Kevin Coughlin
as Henry
Myron McCormick
as Mr. MacGregor
Walter Matthau
as Ben Alexander / Philip Judah
Eric Tavares
as Philip Carmichael
Dianne Ramey
as Esther
Terry Carter
as Rufe Apley
Griff Evans
as Mr. Wiley
Joe Boland
as Mr. Cunningham
Louis Negin
as The Husband
Beatrice Ruth
as The Wife
Allan Lindstrom
as Mr. Wallace
Orson Bean
as Jimmy London
Larry Hagman
as Joe Smith
Nina Wilcox
as Frances Gate