Book jacket/back: Clifford Odets is considered the most gifted American social protest dramatist of the thirties and certainly one of America's great playwrights. Odets was born in Philadelphia in 19
Frank Elgin is a self-destructive actor trying to make a comeback. With the help of his long-suffering but loyal wife, he struggles to regain his self-confidence and overcome his addiction to alcohol.
Clifford Odets' masterpiece, starring Mark Ruffalo, Richard Kind and Ben Gazzara, brings to life the struggles of a working-class family aspiring to the promise of the American Dream. Even as they end