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The Neon Ceiling

7.819711h 40mMovieDramaTV Movie

A housewife and her teenage daughter, fleeing their boring lives, stop in a diner in the California desert. She runs up against the diner's owner, a gruff, beer-drinking artist whose life's work is the neon sculptures he collects and attaches to the ceiling.

DirectorFrank Pierson
WritersCarol Sobieski·Howard Rodman
ProducerWilliam Sackheim

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Cast · Directed by Frank Pierson

GYGig Young
Gig Young
Jones
LGLee Grant
Lee Grant
Carrie Miller
DNDenise Nickerson
Denise Nickerson
Paula Miller
HEHerb Edelman
Herb Edelman
Harry
WSWilliam Smithers
William Smithers
Doctor Miller
RP
Robert Pratt
Ferris Wheel Man
JMJames McEachin
James McEachin
Highway Patrolman

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The Neon Ceiling — streaming FAQ

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The Neon Ceiling hasn't started streaming in United States yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around March 29, 1971. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.