A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 film. The main characters in this movie are Murray Burns, who is played by Jason Robards, and Nick Burns, who is played by Barry Gordon. This film was adapted by Herb Gardner from his 1962 play of the same name.

A Thousand Clowns is a 1965 film about a young boy named Nick who lives with his strange uncle Murray. Because Murray is so strange, two social workers from the Child Welfare Bureau begin investigating how the young boy is being raised. They sonclude that Murray needs to start conforming to societal norms and get a job in order to keep custody of Nick.

• Jason Robards as Murray N. Burns

• Barbara Harris as Dr. Sandra 'Sandy' Markowitz

• Martin Balsam as Arnold Burns

• Barry Gordon as Nick Burns

• Gene Saks as Leo Herman - 'Chuckles the Chipmunk'

• William Daniels as Albert Amundsen

• Philip Bruns as Jimmy Sloan - Producer in Restaurant

• John McMartin as TV Producer in Office (as John MacMartin)

"...A Thousand Clowns retains the static, one-room feel of the stage version in order to convey the inspired inertia of its lead character, disaffected ex-writer Murray Burns (Jason Robards). Robards played the role on Broadway, and he translates the relentlessly offbeat Murray to screen with equal measures of mania and dejection. Among the other players, Martin Balsam makes a memorable impression as Murray's sympathetic brother, and Barbara Harris, in her screen debut, lends a uniquely dizzy compassion to the film. The stellar cast -- rounded out by Gene Saks, William Daniels, and child actor Barry Gordon -- all do their part to make Gardner's philosophical, quirky one-liners and monologues sing."—Brendon Hanley, All Movie Guide http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-thousand-clowns-49628/review

Jason Robards | Barbara Harris | Herb Gardner | Barry Gordon | I'll Do Anything | Scent of a Woman | Dead Poets Society