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The Neon Ceiling (1971)

Genre : Drama, TV Movie

Runtime : 1H 40M

Director : Frank Pierson
Writer : Carol Sobieski

Synopsis

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 creates and attaches to the ceiling.

Actors

Gig Young
Gig Young
Jones
Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Carrie Miller
Denise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson
Paula Miller
Herb Edelman
Herb Edelman
Harry
William Smithers
William Smithers
Doctor Miller
Robert Pratt
Robert Pratt
Ferris Wheel Man
James McEachin
James McEachin
Highway Patrolman

Crews

Frank Pierson
Frank Pierson
Director
Carol Sobieski
Carol Sobieski
Story
Carol Sobieski
Carol Sobieski
Screenplay
Howard Rodman
Howard Rodman
Writer
William Sackheim
William Sackheim
Producer
Billy Goldenberg
Billy Goldenberg
Original Music Composer
Edward Rosson
Edward Rosson
Director of Photography
Robert F. Shugrue
Robert F. Shugrue
Editor
Alexander A. Mayer
Alexander A. Mayer
Art Direction

Posters and backgrounds

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