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Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night

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Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962

2h 50m

6.9(80 votes)

Drama

Overview

An Irish miser, his morphine addicted wife, their debauched older son, and a gravely ill younger son. A quiet Connecticut vacation home on one foggy day in August 1912 becomes the backdrop for domestic decline.

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5 featured cast members

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Mary Tyrone

Ralph Richardson

Ralph Richardson

James Tyrone

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Edmund Tyrone

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Jamie Tyrone

Jeanne Barr

Kathleen

Creative team

Directed by: Sidney Lumet
Written by: Eugene O'Neill
Produced by: Ely A. Landau

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