The Skin of Our Teeth

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1983 · 113 min · Drama · TMDB 10.0/10

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).

Directed by Jack O'Brien

Cast

• Blair Brown — Sabina
• Sada Thompson — Mrs. Antrobus
• Harold Gould — Mr. Antrobus
• Jeffrey Combs — Henry Antrobus
• Monique Fowler — Gladys