An alcoholic drifter spends Halloween in his hometown of Albany, New York after returning there for the first time in decades.
Directed by Héctor Babenco
forgiveness
loyalty
homelessness
drifter
accidental death
alcoholic
estranged father
haunted by the past
drunkenness
ghosts of the past
hobo
1930s
living on the streets
missions
bums
albany, new york
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Jack Nicholson
Francis Phelan
Meryl Streep
Helen Archer
Carroll Baker
Annie Phelan
Michael O'Keefe
Billy
Diane Venora
Peg
Fred Gwynne
Oscar Reo
Margaret Whitton
Katrina
Tom Waits
Rudy
Jake Dengel
Pee Wee
Nathan Lane
Harold Allen
James Gammon
Reverend Chester
Laura Esterman
Nora
Crew
Héctor Babenco
Director
John Morris
Original Music Composer
Anne Goursaud
Editor
Marcia Nasatir
Producer
Jeannine Oppewall
Production Design
Bonnie Timmermann
Casting
Leslie A. Pope
Set Decoration
Rick Avery
Stunts
Andy Gill
Stunts
Popular Reviews
11 reviews
nicolePRO
6.0★ · 05/16/26
oh poor helen... life did wore her down. and don’t even get me started on the scene of her singing in the bar
oh poor helen... life did wore her down. and don’t even get me started on the scene of her singing in the bar
Eden
8.0★ · 11/23/25
LOVE IT SO DAMN MUCH BEAUTIFUL FILM.
A GODDAMN GOOD RE-WATCH.
I love Jack and Meryl in this film they are so cute. The backstories and the flashbacks omg it’s just heartbreaking what Francis went through bless him.
But give this a watch! This is one of those movies that it’s a need of experience to watch in life.
LOVE IT SO DAMN MUCH BEAUTIFUL FILM.
A GODDAMN GOOD RE-WATCH.
I love Jack and Meryl in this film they are so cute. The backstories and the flashbacks omg it’s just heartbreaking what Francis went through bless him.
But give this a watch! This is one of those movies that it’s a need of experience to watch in life.
Max Kowalski
2.0★ · 10/12/18
This is like watching meryl streep and jack nicholson’s highschool talent show performance. And somehow they bribed the cool weird kid Tom Waits to be in it too, like maybe he needed to have extra curricular credit so he could skip gym.
This is like watching meryl streep and jack nicholson’s highschool talent show performance. And somehow they bribed the cool weird kid Tom Waits to be in it too, like maybe he needed to have extra curricular credit so he could skip gym.
