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Awake and Sing! (1972)

The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depression, struggle through hard times and dream of a better future in this 1972 production of Clifford Odets' pungent play. Personalities and politics clash as Odets' mélange of characters try to survive on pennies a day. Walter Matthau plays cynical World War I amputee Moe Axelrod, and Leo Fuchs portrays the family's iron-willed leftist grandfather.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Walter MatthauWalter MatthauMoe Axelrod
  • Photo of Ron RifkinRon RifkinSam Feinschreiber
  • Photo of Felicia FarrFelicia FarrHennie
  • Photo of Martin RittMartin RittUncle Morty
  • Photo of Leo FuchsLeo FuchsJacob
  • Photo of Robert LiptonRobert LiptonRalph Berger
  • Photo of John MyhersJohn MyhersSchlosser
  • Photo of Ruth StoreyRuth StoreyBessie Berger

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