Directed by:
Hector BabencoScreenplay:
William KennedyCinematography:
Lauro EscorelComposer:
John MorrisCast:
Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Carroll Baker, Michael O'Keefe, Diane Venora, Fred Gwynne, Margaret Whitton, Tom Waits, Jake Dengel, Nathan Lane, James Gammon (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Jack Nicholson stars as Francis Phelan, a drunken former baseball player running away from life and the painful, guilty memories that haunt him. Set in the winter of 1938, IRONWEED features Francis wandering the streets of Albany, New York, with his pal Rudy (Tom Waits) looking for odd jobs, cheap drinks, and flophouses. Meryl Streep costars as Helen Archer, Francis's longtime girlfriend and partner in drink. Together they lament the misery of life and ponder their tragic pasts, hoping to find a way to free themselves from their troubled lives--but never believing it's possible. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jack Nicholson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/390/164390374_6b48ce.jpg)
Jack Nicholson
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Shining (1980)
The Departed (2006)
![Meryl Streep](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049824_5b5d42.jpg)
Meryl Streep
USA
Best movies:
Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
Out of Africa (1985)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
![Carroll Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268893_fcc4a5.jpg)
Carroll Baker
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
The Big Country (1958)
Giant (1956)
![Michael O'Keefe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/128/161128241_84a324.jpg)
Michael O'Keefe
USA
Best movies:
An American Crime (2007)
Split Image (1982)
Michael Clayton (2007)
![Diane Venora](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414873_2b1c7e.jpg)
Diane Venora
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
The Insider (1999)
Bird (1988)
![Fred Gwynne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/829/157829454_dd0669.jpg)
Fred Gwynne
USA
Best movies:
On the Waterfront (1954)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Shadows and Fog (1991)
![Margaret Whitton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/087/189/87189985_d6a1a9.jpg)
Margaret Whitton
USA
Best movies:
The Man Without a Face (1993)
Major League (1989)
The Secret of My Succe$s (1987)
![Tom Waits](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271590_2bea67.jpg)
Tom Waits
USA
Best movies:
Down by Law (1986)
The Fisher King (1991)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Jake Dengel
USA
Best movies:
Ragtime (1981)
Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker (1989) (TV movie)
Ironweed (1987)
![Nathan Lane](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270759_309aa3.jpg)
Nathan Lane
USA
Best movies:
Angels in America Part One - Millennium Approaches (2017) (theatrical recording)
Angels in America Part Two - Perestroika (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Lion King (1994)
![James Gammon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505352_31f6cd.jpg)
James Gammon
USA
Best movies:
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Cry for Me, Billy (1972)
The Iron Giant (1999)
![Joe Grifasi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/176/160176810_24c488.jpg)
Joe Grifasi
USA
Best movies:
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Sunday (1997)
![Ted Levine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/126/165126070_2bf22b.jpg)
Ted Levine
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Heat (1995)
Shutter Island (2010)
![Frank Whaley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268928_284409.jpg)
Frank Whaley
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
![Boris McGiver](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/044/166044312_2f5287.jpg)
Boris McGiver
USA
Best movies:
John Adams (2008) (series)
Witness to the Mob (1998) (TV movie)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)
![William Duell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/910/157910734_298aba.jpg)
William Duell
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Hustler (1961)
Flying High! (1980)
![Bethel Leslie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/923/159923409_d614d7.jpg)
Bethel Leslie
USA
Best movies:
The Gift of Love (1978) (TV movie)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Molly Maguires (1970)
![Richard Hamilton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/358/160358418_391362.gif)
Richard Hamilton
USA
Best movies:
Men in Black (1997)
Silkwood (1983)
Ironweed (1987)
Pamela Payton-Wright
USA
Best movies:
Saving Face (2004)
Ironweed (1987)
Going in Style (1979)
Hy Anzell
USA
Best movies:
Annie Hall (1977)
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Radio Days (1987)