40 minutes. Two broken people. One night that'll wreck you quietly.
During the course of one night, two strangers, a lonely waif and a prodigal poet, form an unexpected connection.
Acting
Duke and Farentino carry entire universes in glances.
Direction
Johnson makes a diner booth feel like the whole world.
Writing
Dialogue that hurts because it's trying so hard not to.
Director
Lamont Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Leonard Melfi's 1965 off-Broadway play that helped launch the 'theatre of loneliness' movement.
Patty Duke fought for this role against type—her Velma is the anti-Neely, all swallowed pain instead of hysterics.
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