The Neon Ceiling (1971)

7.8/10 • 100 min • 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.

Cast

Gig Young

Jones

Lee Grant

Carrie Miller

Denise Nickerson

Paula Miller

Herb Edelman

Harry

William Smithers

Doctor Miller

James McEachin

Highway Patrolman

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