Long Day's Journey Into Night

1962 2h 50m EN

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6.9

SOLID

★6.9TMDB · 81

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Where to watch · US

Cast

Katharine Hepburn
Mary Tyrone
Ralph Richardson
James Tyrone Sr.
Dean Stockwell
Edmund Tyrone
Jason Robards
Jamie Tyrone
Jeanne Barr
Kathleen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sidney Lumet
Writers: Eugene O'Neill
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sidney Lumet, shot by Boris Kaufman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Ralph Rosenblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Katharine Hepburn and Ralph Richardson and Dean Stockwell carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0056196 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Sidney Lumet directs. Boris Kaufman behind the camera. Ralph Rosenblum cuts. A long sit — settle in. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Clocks in at 170 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
2Shot for just $0.5M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
364 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Sidney Lumet, shot by Boris Kaufman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Ralph Rosenblum shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Katharine Hepburn and Ralph Richardson and Dean Stockwell carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0056196 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 81 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 17 themes, including "isolation", "drug addiction", "sanatorium", "addiction".