Movie

The Skin of Our Teeth

1983★ 10.0 · 11h 53mDrama

Overview

Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play "The Skin of Our Teeth," the story of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, their children Henry and Gladys, and their maid Sabina. They are simultaneously a typical American family living in a present-day New Jersey suburb and are also Adam, Eve, Lilith, Cain and a daughter who survive the Ice Age (although their pet dinosaurs do not), the Flood (as in the book of Genesis in the Bible) and War (as in WWII).

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Cast

Jeffrey Combs
as Henry Antrobus

Rue McClanahan
as Fortune Teller

Harold Gould
as Mr. Antrobus

Blair Brown
as Sabina

John Houseman
as Network Newscaster

Larry Drake
as Homer/Conveener

Diana Bellamy
as Miss E. Muse / Ivy

Sean Sullivan
as Dinosaur/Chair Pusher

Sada Thompson
as Mrs. Antrobus

Bill Geisslinger
as Doctor/Broadcaster

Susan Hegarty
as Showgirl

Gary Dontzig
as Telegraph Boy/Conveener