Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)

Name: Long Day's Journey Into Night
Genre: Drama
Released: 1973-03-10

2h 41m

Running Time

Plot.

On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund, and the alcoholism and debauchery of the older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.

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Cast & Crew.

Laurence Olivier

James Tyrone Sr.

Constance Cummings

Mary Tyrone

Denis Quilley

James 'Jamie' Tyrone Jr.

Ronald Pickup

Edmund Tyrone

Maureen Lipman

Cathleen

Peter Wood

Director

Peter Wood

Director

Eugene O'Neill

Writer

Michael Blakemore

Writer

Al Pigden

Editor

Michael Annals

ProductionDesigner

Media.

Details.

Release Date
March 10, 1973

Status
Released

Running Time
2h 41m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2024-10-16

Wiki.

"Long Day's Journey Into Night" is a 1973 videotaped television adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's 1956 play of the same name. It was written by Michael Blakemore and directed Peter Wood with Cecil Clarke as executive producer. The recording is a version of Royal National Theatre's 1971 staging of the play, and features Laurence Olivier (Tyrone), Constance Cummings (Mary), Denis Quilley (Jamie), Ronald Pickup (Edmund), and Maureen Lipman (Cathleen).