Movie: Six Characters in Search of An Author

Top 10 Billed Cast

John Houseman
John Houseman

The Director

Andy Griffith
Andy Griffith

The Father

Julie Adams
Julie Adams

The Mother

Beverly Todd
Beverly Todd

The Stepdaughter

James Keach
James Keach

The Son

H.B. Barnum III
H.B. Barnum III

The Boy

Claire Touchstone
Claire Touchstone

The Little Girl

Patricia Hitchcock
Patricia Hitchcock

The Character Lady

Laurence Hugo
Laurence Hugo

The Leading Man

Timothy Blake
Timothy Blake

The Leading Lady

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    A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.

  • Release Date

    1976-10-14

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