Movie

The Neon Ceiling (1971)

• February 8, 1971
• 1h 40m

• Drama
• TV Movie

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.

Director

Frank Pierson

Writers

Carol Sobieski, Howard Rodman

Starring

Gig Young, Lee Grant, Denise Nickerson