The Neon Ceiling (1971)

  • NR
  • 02/08/1971 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 40m

Overview

A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he collects and attaches to the ceiling.

Frank Pierson

Director

Carol Sobieski

Story, Screenplay

Howard Rodman

Writer

Cast

Gig Young's headshot

Gig Young

Jones
Lee Grant's headshot

Lee Grant

Carrie Miller
Denise Nickerson's headshot

Denise Nickerson

Paula Miller
Herb Edelman's headshot

Herb Edelman

Harry
William Smithers's headshot

William Smithers

Doctor Miller
Robert Pratt's headshot

Robert Pratt

Ferris Wheel Man
James McEachin's headshot

James McEachin

Highway Patrolman

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