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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(81 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 Sr.

Dean Stockwell

Dean Stockwell

Edmund Tyrone

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Jamie Tyrone

Jeanne Barr

Kathleen

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

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