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On the Nickel (1980)

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Film details

Featuring

Donald Moffat Ralph Waite Hal Williams
Country

USA
Year

1980
Genre

Drama
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Sam is a former alcoholic who's managed to lift himself up from the "nickel" or Skid Row, but has nowhere in particular to go. He's drawn back down into the world of Skid Row winos and derelicts in his attempts to save his old friend C.G. from slipping over the edge.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Sam
    
    Donald Moffat
  - C.G.
    
    Ralph Waite
  - Paul
    
    Hal Williams
  - Rose
    
    Penelope Allen
  - Bad Mood
    
    Jack Kehoe
  - God Bless
    
    Daniel Ades
  - Hill
    
    Paul Weaver
  - Estelle
    
    Ina Gould
  - Big William
    
    Jack O'Leary
  - Sliver
    
    Cano Graham
  - Peanut John
    
    James Gammon
  - Soapy Post
    
    Arthur Space
  - Bert
    
    Bert Conway
  - Joe
    
    Jamie Sanchez
  - Bobby D.
    
    Tom Mahoney
  - Henry
    
    Edmund Villa
  - Preacher
    
    Lane Smith
  - Louise
    
    Ellen Geer
  - Beatrice
    
    Gayle Vance
  - cast member
    
    Mike Robelo
  - cast member
    
    Nathan Adler
  - cast member
    
    Patrick Tovatt
  - cast member
    
    George Loros
  - cast member
    
    LeRoy Wheeler
  - cast member
    
    Arnold Johnson
  - cast member
    
    Carmen Filpi
  - cast member
    
    Pat Corley
  - cast member
    
    Melvin Allen
  - cast member
    
    Herb Evans
  - cast member
    
    John Ryan
  - cast member
    
    Peter Alsop
  - cast member
    
    Charles Comfort
  - cast member
    
    Kerry Shear Waite
  - cast member
    
    Lou Gilbert
  - cast member
    
    Cecil Jordan
  - cast member
    
    Allen Buck
  - cast member
    
    Sosimo
  - cast member
    
    Charles Parks
  - cast member
    
    John Perryman
  - cast member
    
    Frank Savino
  - cast member
    
    Steve Tucker
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Ralph Waite
  - Production Company
    
    Rose's Park Productions
  - Producer
    
    Ralph Waite
  - Associate producer/production manager
    
    William Bushnell
  - Assistant Director
    
    Ralph Ferrin
  - Assistant Director
    
    James M. Freitag
  - Screenplay
    
    Ralph Waite
  - Director of Photography
    
    Ric Waite
  - Editor
    
    Wendy Greene Bricmont
  - Music
    
    Fred Myrow
  - Title song by/performed
    
    Tom Waits

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