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Six Characters in Search of An Author

6.519761h 36mNRMovieDramaTV Movie

A rehearsal is disrupted when six figures mysteriously appear on the stage, claiming to be fictional characters from an unfinished play searching for an author to tell their tragic story. An adaptation of the classic Luigi Pirandello play, updated to take place in a 1970s television studio.

DirectorStacy Keach
WriterLuigi Pirandello
ProducerNorman Lloyd

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Cast · Directed by Stacy Keach

JHJohn Houseman
John Houseman
The Director
AGAndy Griffith
Andy Griffith
The Father
JAJulie Adams
Julie Adams
The Mother
BTBeverly Todd
Beverly Todd
The Stepdaughter
JKJames Keach
James Keach
The Son
HI
H.B. Barnum III
The Boy
CT
Claire Touchstone
The Little Girl
PHPatricia Hitchcock
Patricia Hitchcock
The Character Lady
LH
Laurence Hugo
The Leading Man
TBTimothy Blake
Timothy Blake
The Leading Lady
PAPat Ast
Pat Ast
Madam Pace
PEPeter Elbling
Peter Elbling
Rudy

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Six Characters in Search of An Author hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around December 2, 1976. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.