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Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.
25 Cast Members
Luther Adler
Self - Host
Jo Van Fleet
Clara Gordon
Eli Wallach
Leo Gordon
Sam Groom
Ben Gordon
Bernadette Peters
Libby Michaels
George Voskovec
Gus Michaels
Cliff Gorman
Kewpie
Fred Gwynne
Mr. Pike
Mike Kellin
Sam Katz
Biff McGuire
Phil Foley
George Bartenieff
Dave
Jay Garner
Mr. May
Howard Green
Felix
Rose Gregorio
Lucy
David Hurst
Schabel
Dorrie Kavanaugh
Pearl
Sam Schacht
Julie Gordon
James Sloyan
Williams
Marian Winters
Bertha
MacIntyre Dixon
