Thursday's Game
1974 | 100m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Robert Moore |
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| Writer: | James L. Brooks |
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| Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years. When a disagreement breaks up the game, they decide to continue meeting and doing different things together, instead of staying home with their wives. When the wives find out that the games stopped some time ago, they are a quite upset. Just what have they been doing on Thursday nights. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 14, 1974 |
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| Director: | Robert Moore |
| Writer: | James L. Brooks |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, TV Movie |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 04, 2025 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Gene Wilder | Harry Evers |
| Bob Newhart | Marvin Ellison |
| Ellen Burstyn | Lynne Evers |
| Cloris Leachman | Lois Ellison |
| Martha Scott | Mrs. Reynolds |
| Nancy Walker | Mrs. Bender |
| Valerie Harper | Ann Menzente |
| Rob Reiner | Joel Forrest |
| Norman Fell | Melvin Leonard |
| Gino Conforti | Mike |
| Richard Schaal | Bob |
| Robert Sampson | Dave |
| Richard Gautier | John |
| Jean-Michel Michenaud | David Evers (as Gerald Michenaud) |
| John Archer | Mr. Wood |
| Jonathan Kidd | Waiter |
| Barbara Barnett | Secretary |
| Jed Allan | Dick |
| William Callaway | Cabbie |
| Sidney Clute | Camp Director |
| Chris Sarandon | Counselor |
| Charles Shull | Announcer |
| Carol Worthington | Contestant |
| Ric Mancini | Bartender |
| Loyd Catlett | Camp Counselor |
| Ben Lautman | New Yorker |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Fredric Steinkamp | Editor |
| Diane Adler | Editor |
| Trevor Williams | Art Direction |
| Robert Moore | Director |
| James L. Brooks | Writer |
| Billy Goldenberg | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph F. Biroc | Director of Photography |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| James L. Brooks | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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Thursday’s Game is a lightweight comedy in some ways, but it is quirky enough to rise above the level of more forgettable network movies. It features Gene Wilder and a competent ensemble cast made up of faces that would later become very familiar in popular tv sitcoms. We watched it recently as part ... of a Cloris Leachman retrospective. The humor ranges from being fairly subtle to occasional slapstick. The plot focuses mostly on Wilder’s character, his employment and marriage ups and downs, with lesser attention paid to Bob Newhart’s restless character, who wants out of his marriage. As mentioned above, it is lightweight stuff, but entertaining enough to be worth our time, with a rather sudden and whimsical ending that in a way seemed to suit the story.