The Star Wagon

Name: The Star Wagon
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1966-10-21
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Orson Bean, Eileen Brennan, Hal Burdick

TV Movie
1966
2h 30m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

136

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Comedy

In middle age, inventor Stephen Minch is happy enough with his life, despite the fact that he has never risen to prominence even though his innovations have made others rich. His wife Martha... Read allIn middle age, inventor Stephen Minch is happy enough with his life, despite the fact that he has never risen to prominence even though his innovations have made others rich. His wife Martha, however, resents his lack of drive, his complacency, his willingness to live hand-to-mou... Read allIn middle age, inventor Stephen Minch is happy enough with his life, despite the fact that he has never risen to prominence even though his innovations have made others rich. His wife Martha, however, resents his lack of drive, his complacency, his willingness to live hand-to-mouth, and his ever-present and ever-annoying sidekick Hanus Wicks. Confronted by the evidenc... Read all

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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YOUR RATING

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Dikira

I, too, finally found it!

I was so excited to find this website through my search for "The Star Wagon." Fortunately, I was able to remember the title of this unique 1960's production which I watched several times on public television when I was in my 20's.

I remember being absolutely mesmerized by Dustin Hoffman's performance; it was clear he was headed somewhere big. And the storyline, ah, the delicious food-for-thought storyline about "fate" and the different paths our lives can take depending on the choices we make.

It was absolutely marvelous, I've never forgotten it and I've often wondered why I've never seen it anywhere since. If IMDb does nothing else for me ever, it has justified its existence merely by finding "The Star Wagon" for me again.

10dave90991103

This was a GREAT show.

I, too, just found the Star Wagon. I saw it many years ago and never forgot it. Orson Bean was great and I've always remembered him singing Jerusalem.

This was one of those shows that has haunted me over the years and I have always hoped I would get to see again. I have searched for it through Tivo many times but I had the wrong title. What I remembered was the "time machine" which I thought was the title.

Any show or movie that sticks in my brain for 40 years is indeed a very special show. Orson Bean was the only character that stuck in my head; Dustin Hoffman was not remembered by me.

Can someone tell me how I can get to see it again?? EUREKA - I found it on Netflix!!!!

9dan-18068

A HIDDEN, AND OLD GEM

I remember watching this in 1966, when it was on TV.

I finally got a DVD copy of it in 2022, so watched it again.....66 years later.

It was worth the wait. Sweet, moving, and profound. Dustin Hoffman got 3rd to 4th billing, which was correct for this, but he and Orson Bean really made the film.

This is the way TV used to be. We miss it.

10underpolaris

I've finally found it!

I saw this in the late 60s and have never forgotten it. I didn't even remember the title, but decided to search for it under Orson Bean.

What a gem! I saw it along with The Miracle Worker and was blown away by both of them. My kids are the age I was when I saw this, and I definitely want them to see it.

Thank you for this site.

10nfoutz

I Discovered Dustin Hoffman

This TV movie made a lasting impression on me. It opens with Dustin Hoffman being an old man. I thought he was an old man and couldn't figure out how I had never heard or seen him before. Later in the story he plays a young man and I realize that the actor is really just a young man, an unknown actor who is destined to make it big. Shortly afterwards, The Graduate opened and the rest is history.

I also remember Orson Bean who got top billing. He was adequate. In the 1960's he was mostly on talk shows playing at being a charming imp.

Maybe because Hoffman made such an impression on me, the story is less memorable. The story was good but not great.

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The original Broadway production opened on September 29, 1937 at the Empire Theater playing for 223 performances and closed in April 1938. The play starred Burgess Meredith and Lillian Gish and the cast included Mildred Natwick and Edmond O'Brien.