Movie
Ironweed
Overview
An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Details
- Release date
- 1987-12-18
- Runtime
- 143 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Taft Entertainment Pictures, Keith Barish Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jack Nicholson as Francis Phelan
- Meryl Streep as Helen Archer
- Carroll Baker as Annie Phelan
- Michael O'Keefe as Billy
- Diane Venora as Peg
- Fred Gwynne as Oscar Reo
- Margaret Whitton as Katrina
- Tom Waits as Rudy
- Jake Dengel as Pee Wee
- Nathan Lane as Harold Allen
- James Gammon as Reverend Chester
- Laura Esterman as Nora
Crew
- Héctor Babenco - Director
- William Kennedy - Screenplay
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