Overview

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.

Cast

Gig Young, Lee Grant, Denise Nickerson, Herb Edelman, William Smithers, Robert Pratt, James McEachin

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What is "The Neon Ceiling" about?

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.

When was "The Neon Ceiling" released?

The Neon Ceiling was released in 1971.

Who stars in "The Neon Ceiling"?

The cast includes Gig Young, Lee Grant, Denise Nickerson, Herb Edelman.