The Neon Ceiling
1971•1h 40m•7.8•Released
DramaTV 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.
Director
Frank Pierson
Writer
Carol Sobieski, Howard Rodman
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Television
Cast
Gig Young
Jones
Lee Grant
Carrie Miller
Denise Nickerson
Paula Miller
Herb Edelman
Harry
William Smithers
Doctor Miller
Robert Pratt
Ferris Wheel Man
James McEachin
Highway Patrolman
Production
Company
Universal Television
Producer
William Sackheim
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